diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 189d27c..3874972 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var Tray = require('tray')
 var Menu = require('menu')
 var shell = require('shell')
 var BrowserWindow = require('browser-window')
+
 var config = require('ssb-config') 
 
 // Report crashes to our server.
@@ -13,7 +14,10 @@ var mainWindow
 
 app.on('ready', function ready () {
   // start sbot
-	require('scuttlebot').init(config, function (err, sbot) {
+  require('scuttlebot').init(config, function (err, sbot) {
+    // register protocols
+    require('protocol').registerProtocol('ext', require('./lib/ext-protocol')(config))
+
     // open the web app
     // shell.openExternal('http://localhost:8008')
     mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 1000, height: 720})
diff --git a/app/lib/ext-protocol.js b/app/lib/ext-protocol.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a07d99c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/ext-protocol.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+var protocol = require('protocol')
+var path = require('path')
+var toPath = require('multiblob/util').toPath
+
+module.exports = function (config) {
+  var dir = path.join(config.path, 'blobs')
+  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))
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da4c59b..f4292f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "electron-prebuilt": "^0.28.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "multiblob": "^1.4.3",
     "scuttlebot": "^4.2.3",
     "ssb-config": "^1.0.3"
   }