diff --git a/src/app/core/custom_urls/urls_manager.nim b/src/app/core/custom_urls/urls_manager.nim
index 5d1ce9d24b..09c3c95dea 100644
--- a/src/app/core/custom_urls/urls_manager.nim
+++ b/src/app/core/custom_urls/urls_manager.nim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import ../../../app_service/service/accounts/utils
 logScope:
   topics = "urls-manager"
 
-const StatusInternalLink = "status-im"
+const StatusInternalLink = "status-app"
 const StatusExternalLink = "join.status.im"
 
 const UriFormatUserProfile = StatusInternalLink & "://u/"
diff --git a/src/app_service/service/message/async_tasks.nim b/src/app_service/service/message/async_tasks.nim
index c4a899db3c..a12fe93ffa 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/message/async_tasks.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/message/async_tasks.nim
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ const asyncGetLinkPreviewDataTask: Task = proc(argEncoded: string) {.gcsafe, nim
 
     #2. Process whitelisted url
     #status deep links are handled internally
-    if domain == "status-im" or domain == "join.status.im":
+    if domain == "status-app" or domain == "join.status.im":
       responseJson["success"] = %true
       responseJson["isStatusDeepLink"] = %true
       responseJson["result"] = %*{
diff --git a/src/constants.nim b/src/constants.nim
index eb1699c1c2..a9269be0bd 100644
--- a/src/constants.nim
+++ b/src/constants.nim
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type StatusDesktopConfig = object
       abbr: "d" .}: string
     uri* {.
       defaultValue: ""
-      desc: "status-im:// URI to open a chat or other"
+      desc: "status-app:// URI to open a chat or other"
       name: "uri" .}: string
 
 
diff --git a/status.iss b/status.iss
index ab5929e2c6..dc4898713d 100644
--- a/status.iss
+++ b/status.iss
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ Type: files; Name: "{userdesktop}\{#Name}"
 Type: files; Name: "{commondesktop}\{#Name}"
 
 [Registry]
-Root: HKCR; Subkey: "status-im"; ValueType: "string"; ValueData: "URL:status-im Protocol"; Flags: uninsdeletekey
-Root: HKCR; Subkey: "status-im"; ValueType: "string"; ValueName: "URL Protocol"; ValueData: ""
-Root: HKCR; Subkey: "status-im\DefaultIcon"; ValueType: "string"; ValueData: "{app}\Status.exe,1"
-Root: HKCR; Subkey: "status-im\shell\open\command"; ValueType: "string"; ValueData: """{app}\bin\Status.exe"" ""--uri=%1"""
+Root: HKCR; Subkey: "status-app"; ValueType: "string"; ValueData: "URL:status-app Protocol"; Flags: uninsdeletekey
+Root: HKCR; Subkey: "status-app"; ValueType: "string"; ValueName: "URL Protocol"; ValueData: ""
+Root: HKCR; Subkey: "status-app\DefaultIcon"; ValueType: "string"; ValueData: "{app}\Status.exe,1"
+Root: HKCR; Subkey: "status-app\shell\open\command"; ValueType: "string"; ValueData: """{app}\bin\Status.exe"" ""--uri=%1"""
 
 [Code]
 function IsAppRunning(const FileName : string): Boolean;
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Utils/Utils.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Utils/Utils.qml
index 8762a2e0e8..8b002d8ba4 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Utils/Utils.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Core/Utils/Utils.qml
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ QtObject {
     }
 
     function linkifyAndXSS(inputText) {
-        //URLs starting with http://, https://, ftp:// or status-im://
-        var replacePattern1 = /(\b(https?|ftp|status-im):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;\(\)]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|])/gim;
+        //URLs starting with http://, https://, ftp:// or status-app://
+        var replacePattern1 = /(\b(https?|ftp|status-app):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;\(\)]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|])/gim;
         var replacedText = inputText.replace(replacePattern1, "<a href='$1'>$1</a>");
 
         //URLs starting with "www." (without // before it, or it'd re-link the ones done above).
diff --git a/ui/imports/utils/Constants.qml b/ui/imports/utils/Constants.qml
index 509fb919e1..9cf6b5c551 100644
--- a/ui/imports/utils/Constants.qml
+++ b/ui/imports/utils/Constants.qml
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ QtObject {
 
     readonly property int repeatHeaderInterval: 2
 
-    readonly property string deepLinkPrefix: 'status-im://'
+    readonly property string deepLinkPrefix: 'status-app://'
     readonly property string joinStatusLink: 'join.status.im'
     readonly property string communityLinkPrefix: 'https://join.status.im/c/'
     readonly property string userLinkPrefix: 'https://join.status.im/u/'