diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index f82eb41..3fcb0ba 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 var app = require('app')
+var path = require('path')
 var Tray = require('tray')
 var Menu = require('menu')
 var shell = require('shell')
 var BrowserWindow = require('browser-window')
 
 var config = require('ssb-config') 
+var toPath = require('multiblob/util').toPath
 
 // Report crashes to our server.
 //require('crash-reporter').start();
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ var tray
 var mainWindow
 
 app.on('ready', function ready () {
+  var blobs_dir = path.join(config.path, 'blobs')
+
   // start sbot
   require('scuttlebot').init(config, function (err, sbot) {
     // register protocols
@@ -21,8 +25,21 @@ app.on('ready', function ready () {
     // open the web app
     mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 1000, height: 720})
     mainWindow.loadUrl('file://' + __dirname + '/index.html')
+    mainWindow.webContents.on('new-window', onNewWindow)
     mainWindow.on('closed', function() { mainWindow = null })
 
+    function onNewWindow (e, url) {
+      e.preventDefault() // hell naw
+      if (url.indexOf('ext:') === 0) {
+        // open the file
+        var id = url.split(':')[1]
+        shell.openItem(toPath(blobs_dir, id))
+      } else {
+        // open in the browser
+        shell.openExternal(url)
+      }
+    }
+
     // setup menu
     // Menu.setApplicationMenu(Menu.buildFromTemplate([{
     //   label: 'Window',
diff --git a/app/lib/ext-protocol.js b/app/lib/ext-protocol.js
index a07d99c..4740396 100644
--- a/app/lib/ext-protocol.js
+++ b/app/lib/ext-protocol.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
   return function (request) {
     var id = request.url.split(':')[1]
     if (request.method == 'GET' && id) {
-      console.log('loading', id, toPath(dir, id))
       return new protocol.RequestFileJob(toPath(dir, id))
     }
   }