diff --git a/electron_app/package.json b/electron_app/package.json
index df9c3bd261..8da35d8438 100644
--- a/electron_app/package.json
+++ b/electron_app/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "Vector Creations Ltd.",
   "dependencies": {
+    "auto-launch": "^5.0.1",
     "electron-window-state": "^4.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/electron_app/src/electron-main.js b/electron_app/src/electron-main.js
index ca8c3a1be6..f21fe1c01a 100644
--- a/electron_app/src/electron-main.js
+++ b/electron_app/src/electron-main.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const checkSquirrelHooks = require('./squirrelhooks');
 if (checkSquirrelHooks()) return;
 
 const electron = require('electron');
+const AutoLaunch = require('auto-launch');
 
 const tray = require('./tray');
 const vectorMenu = require('./vectormenu');
@@ -45,47 +46,6 @@ const INITIAL_UPDATE_DELAY_MS = 30 * 1000;
 let mainWindow = null;
 let appQuitting = false;
 
-function safeOpenURL(target) {
-    // openExternal passes the target to open/start/xdg-open,
-    // so put fairly stringent limits on what can be opened
-    // (for instance, open /bin/sh does indeed open a terminal
-    // with a shell, albeit with no arguments)
-    const parsedUrl = url.parse(target);
-    if (PERMITTED_URL_SCHEMES.indexOf(parsedUrl.protocol) > -1) {
-        // explicitly use the URL re-assembled by the url library,
-        // so we know the url parser has understood all the parts
-        // of the input string
-        const newTarget = url.format(parsedUrl);
-        electron.shell.openExternal(newTarget);
-    }
-}
-
-function onWindowOrNavigate(ev, target) {
-    // always prevent the default: if something goes wrong,
-    // we don't want to end up opening it in the electron
-    // app, as we could end up opening any sort of random
-    // url in a window that has node scripting access.
-    ev.preventDefault();
-    safeOpenURL(target);
-}
-
-function onLinkContextMenu(ev, params) {
-    const popupMenu = new electron.Menu();
-
-    popupMenu.append(new electron.MenuItem({
-        label: params.linkURL,
-        click() { safeOpenURL(params.linkURL); },
-    }));
-
-    popupMenu.append(new electron.MenuItem({
-        label: 'Copy Link Address',
-        click() { electron.clipboard.writeText(params.linkURL); },
-    }));
-
-    popupMenu.popup();
-    ev.preventDefault();
-}
-
 function installUpdate() {
     // for some reason, quitAndInstall does not fire the
     // before-quit event, so we need to set the flag here.
@@ -209,6 +169,47 @@ if (shouldQuit) {
     electron.app.quit();
 }
 
+
+const launcher = new AutoLaunch({
+    name: vectorConfig.brand || 'Riot',
+    isHidden: true,
+    mac: {
+        useLaunchAgent: true,
+    },
+});
+
+const settings = {
+    'auto-launch': {
+        get: launcher.isEnabled,
+        set: function(bool) {
+            if (bool) {
+                return launcher.enable();
+            } else {
+                return launcher.disable();
+            }
+        },
+    },
+};
+
+electron.ipcMain.on('settings_get', async function(ev) {
+    const data = {};
+
+    try {
+        await Promise.all(Object.keys(settings).map(async function (setting) {
+            data[setting] = await settings[setting].get();
+        }));
+
+        ev.sender.send('settings', data);
+    } catch(e) { console.error(e); }
+});
+
+electron.ipcMain.on('settings_set', function(ev, key, value) {
+    console.log(key, value);
+    if (settings[key] && settings[key].set) {
+        settings[key].set(value);
+    }
+});
+
 electron.app.on('ready', () => {
     if (vectorConfig.update_base_url) {
         console.log(`Starting auto update with base URL: ${vectorConfig.update_base_url}`);
@@ -238,6 +239,10 @@ electron.app.on('ready', () => {
     mainWindow.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/../../webapp/index.html`);
     electron.Menu.setApplicationMenu(vectorMenu);
 
+    // explicitly hide because setApplicationMenu on Linux otherwise shows...
+    // https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/9621
+    mainWindow.hide();
+
     // Create trayIcon icon
     tray.create(mainWindow, {
         icon_path: iconPath,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29b5beee07..951a9fc5fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "build:compile": "npm run reskindex && babel --source-maps -d lib src",
     "build:bundle": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack -p --progress",
     "build:bundle:dev": "webpack --optimize-occurence-order --progress",
-    "build:electron": "npm run clean && npm run build && build -wml --ia32 --x64",
+    "build:electron": "npm run clean && npm run build && npm run install:electron && build -wml --ia32 --x64",
     "build": "npm run reskindex && npm run build:res && npm run build:bundle",
     "build:dev": "npm run reskindex && npm run build:res && npm run build:bundle:dev",
     "dist": "scripts/package.sh",
diff --git a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js
index 13604cdabe..06ea21367b 100644
--- a/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js
+++ b/src/vector/platform/ElectronPlatform.js
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ export default class ElectronPlatform extends VectorBasePlatform {
         return null;
     }
 
+    isElectron(): boolean { return true; }
+
     requestNotificationPermission(): Promise<string> {
         return q('granted');
     }