diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/about/About.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/about/About.tsx
index 88e4a96..244c086 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/about/About.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/about/About.tsx
@@ -19,41 +19,31 @@ export function About({ requestClose }: AboutProps) {
   const [protocolBusy, setProtocolBusy] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
   const formatProtocolStatus = useCallback((data: {
+    scheme: string;
     platform: string;
-    primaryScheme: string;
-    schemes: Record<string, {
-      isDefault: boolean;
-      registerCall: boolean;
-      error: string | null;
-    }>;
-    windows: null | Record<string, {
+    isDefault: boolean;
+    registerCall: boolean;
+    error: string | null;
+    windows: null | {
       userChoiceProgId: string | null;
       userChoiceCommand: string | null;
       hkcuCommand: string | null;
       hklmCommand: string | null;
-    }>;
+    };
   }): string => {
-    const { element } = data.schemes;
-    const primary = data.schemes[data.primaryScheme];
-    const primaryState = primary?.isDefault ? 'registered' : 'not registered';
-    const elementState = element?.isDefault ? 'registered' : 'not registered';
-    const primaryCall = primary?.registerCall ? 'ok' : 'no-change';
-    const elementCall = element?.registerCall ? 'ok' : 'no-change';
-
-    const primaryError = primary?.error ? ` ${data.primaryScheme} error: ${primary.error}` : '';
-    const elementError = element?.error ? ` element error: ${element.error}` : '';
-
-    const primaryWindows = data.windows?.[data.primaryScheme];
-    const primaryOwner =
-      data.platform === 'win32' && primaryWindows?.userChoiceProgId
-        ? ` Current ${data.primaryScheme} default ProgId=${primaryWindows.userChoiceProgId}.`
+    const state = data.isDefault ? 'registered' : 'not registered';
+    const startupState = data.registerCall ? 'ok' : 'no-change';
+    const owner =
+      data.platform === 'win32' && data.windows?.userChoiceProgId
+        ? ` Current default ProgId=${data.windows.userChoiceProgId}.`
         : '';
-    const primaryMissingHint =
-      data.platform === 'win32' && !primaryWindows?.hkcuCommand && !primaryWindows?.hklmCommand
-        ? ` ${data.primaryScheme} link type is missing from Windows registry. Use Repair to create it.`
+    const missingHint =
+      data.platform === 'win32' && !data.windows?.hkcuCommand && !data.windows?.hklmCommand
+        ? ` ${data.scheme} link type is missing from Windows registry. Use Repair to create it.`
         : '';
+    const errorPart = data.error ? ` Error: ${data.error}` : '';
 
-    return `Primary ${data.primaryScheme} is ${primaryState} (startup=${primaryCall}) on ${data.platform}. Legacy element is ${elementState} (startup=${elementCall}).${primaryOwner}${primaryMissingHint}${primaryError}${elementError}`;
+    return `${data.scheme} is ${state} (startup=${startupState}) on ${data.platform}.${owner}${missingHint}${errorPart}`;
   }, []);
 
   const refreshProtocolStatus = useCallback(() => {
@@ -92,11 +82,7 @@ export function About({ requestClose }: AboutProps) {
           return;
         }
 
-        const settingsHint =
-          result.data.platform === 'win32' && result.data.openedSettings
-            ? ' Windows Default Apps was opened; set PAARROT to Paarrot and press Refresh.'
-            : '';
-        setProtocolStatus(`${formatProtocolStatus(result.data)}${settingsHint}`);
+        setProtocolStatus(formatProtocolStatus(result.data));
         setProtocolBusy(false);
       })
       .catch((error) => {
@@ -189,7 +175,7 @@ export function About({ requestClose }: AboutProps) {
                     }
                   />
                   <SettingTile
-                    title="Protocol Handlers (paarrot:// + element://)"
+                    title="Protocol Handler (paarrot://)"
                     description={protocolStatus}
                     after={
                       <Box gap="100">
diff --git a/src/app/pages/auth/SSOLogin.tsx b/src/app/pages/auth/SSOLogin.tsx
index bd6df00..8942068 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/auth/SSOLogin.tsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/auth/SSOLogin.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Avatar, AvatarImage, Box, Button, Text } from 'folds';
 import { IIdentityProvider, SSOAction, createClient } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
-import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { useAutoDiscoveryInfo } from '../../hooks/useAutoDiscoveryInfo';
+import { openExternalUrl } from '../../utils/tauri';
 
 type SSOLoginProps = {
   providers?: IIdentityProvider[];
@@ -13,12 +14,39 @@ export function SSOLogin({ providers, redirectUrl, action, saveScreenSpace }: SS
   const discovery = useAutoDiscoveryInfo();
   const baseUrl = discovery['m.homeserver'].base_url;
   const mx = useMemo(() => createClient({ baseUrl }), [baseUrl]);
+  const [launchingProviderId, setLaunchingProviderId] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   const getSSOIdUrl = (ssoId?: string): string => {
     const existingDeviceId = localStorage.getItem('cinny_device_id') ?? undefined;
     return mx.getSsoLoginUrl(redirectUrl, 'sso', ssoId, action, existingDeviceId);
   };
 
+  const handleContinue = useCallback(
+    async (providerId?: string) => {
+      if (launchingProviderId) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const currentProviderId = providerId ?? '__default__';
+      setLaunchingProviderId(currentProviderId);
+
+      try {
+        if (window.electron?.protocol?.repair) {
+          await window.electron.protocol.repair();
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.warn('[SSOLogin] Protocol repair failed before SSO launch:', error);
+      }
+
+      try {
+        await openExternalUrl(getSSOIdUrl(providerId));
+      } finally {
+        setLaunchingProviderId(null);
+      }
+    },
+    [getSSOIdUrl, launchingProviderId]
+  );
+
   const withoutIcon = providers
     ? providers.find(
         (provider) => !provider.icon || !mx.mxcUrlToHttp(provider.icon, 96, 96, 'crop', false)
@@ -41,11 +69,13 @@ export function SSOLogin({ providers, redirectUrl, action, saveScreenSpace }: SS
               <Avatar
                 style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
                 key={id}
-                as="a"
-                href={getSSOIdUrl(id)}
+                as="button"
                 aria-label={buttonTitle}
                 size="300"
                 radii="300"
+                onClick={() => {
+                  handleContinue(id);
+                }}
               >
                 <AvatarImage src={iconUrl!} alt={name} title={buttonTitle} />
               </Avatar>
@@ -56,12 +86,14 @@ export function SSOLogin({ providers, redirectUrl, action, saveScreenSpace }: SS
             <Button
               style={{ width: '100%' }}
               key={id}
-              as="a"
-              href={getSSOIdUrl(id)}
               size="500"
               variant="Secondary"
               fill="Soft"
               outlined
+              disabled={Boolean(launchingProviderId)}
+              onClick={() => {
+                handleContinue(id);
+              }}
               before={
                 iconUrl && (
                   <Avatar size="200" radii="300">
@@ -79,12 +111,14 @@ export function SSOLogin({ providers, redirectUrl, action, saveScreenSpace }: SS
       ) : (
         <Button
           style={{ width: '100%' }}
-          as="a"
-          href={getSSOIdUrl()}
           size="500"
           variant="Secondary"
           fill="Soft"
           outlined
+          disabled={Boolean(launchingProviderId)}
+          onClick={() => {
+            handleContinue();
+          }}
         >
           <Text align="Center" size="B500" truncate>
             Continue with SSO
diff --git a/src/ext.d.ts b/src/ext.d.ts
index be71ab2..82c2409 100644
--- a/src/ext.d.ts
+++ b/src/ext.d.ts
@@ -61,41 +61,36 @@ interface ElectronAPI {
     getStatus: () => Promise<{
       success: boolean;
       data?: {
+        scheme: string;
         platform: string;
-        primaryScheme: string;
-        schemes: Record<string, {
-          isDefault: boolean;
-          before: boolean;
-          registerCall: boolean;
-          error: string | null;
-        }>;
-        windows: null | Record<string, {
+        isDefault: boolean;
+        before: boolean;
+        registerCall: boolean;
+        error: string | null;
+        windows: null | {
           userChoiceProgId: string | null;
           userChoiceCommand: string | null;
           hkcuCommand: string | null;
           hklmCommand: string | null;
-        }>;
+        };
       };
       error?: string;
     }>;
     repair: () => Promise<{
       success: boolean;
       data?: {
-        openedSettings: boolean;
+        scheme: string;
         platform: string;
-        primaryScheme: string;
-        schemes: Record<string, {
-          isDefault: boolean;
-          before: boolean;
-          registerCall: boolean;
-          error: string | null;
-        }>;
-        windows: null | Record<string, {
+        isDefault: boolean;
+        before: boolean;
+        registerCall: boolean;
+        error: string | null;
+        windows: null | {
           userChoiceProgId: string | null;
           userChoiceCommand: string | null;
           hkcuCommand: string | null;
           hklmCommand: string | null;
-        }>;
+        };
       };
       error?: string;
     }>;