diff --git a/src/app/main.ts b/src/app/main.ts
index fd39e342..e3f5d4f7 100644
--- a/src/app/main.ts
+++ b/src/app/main.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ import { handlePerformanceSettings } from './perf-handler';
 import { protocolHandler } from './protocol-handler';
 import { ICustomBrowserWindow, windowHandler } from './window-handler';
 
+logger.info(`App started with the args ${JSON.stringify(process.argv)}`);
+
 const allowMultiInstance: string | boolean = getCommandLineArgs(process.argv, '--multiInstance', true) || isDevEnv;
+let isAppAlreadyOpen: boolean = false;
 
 handlePerformanceSettings();
 setChromeFlags();
@@ -74,7 +77,8 @@ if (!allowMultiInstance) {
                     mainWindow.restore();
                 }
                 mainWindow.focus();
-                protocolHandler.processArgv(argv);
+                isAppAlreadyOpen = true;
+                protocolHandler.processArgv(argv, isAppAlreadyOpen);
             }
         });
         startApplication();
diff --git a/src/app/protocol-handler.ts b/src/app/protocol-handler.ts
index 1a0baed9..5d1609f9 100644
--- a/src/app/protocol-handler.ts
+++ b/src/app/protocol-handler.ts
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ class ProtocolHandler {
      *
      * @param argv {String[]} - data received from process.argv
      */
-    public processArgv(argv?: string[]): void {
+    public processArgv(argv?: string[], isAppAlreadyOpen: boolean = false): void {
         logger.info(`protocol handler: processing protocol args!`);
         const protocolUriFromArgv = getCommandLineArgs(argv || process.argv, protocol.SymphonyProtocol, false);
         if (protocolUriFromArgv) {
             logger.info(`protocol handler: we have a protocol request for the url ${protocolUriFromArgv}!`);
-            this.sendProtocol(protocolUriFromArgv, false);
+            this.sendProtocol(protocolUriFromArgv, isAppAlreadyOpen);
         }
     }
 }