diff --git a/src/common/register-protocol.ts b/src/common/register-protocol.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index db00778b2e..0000000000
--- a/src/common/register-protocol.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-
-// Register custom protocols
-
-import { protocol } from "electron";
-import path from "path";
-
-export function registerFileProtocol(name: string, basePath: string) {
-  protocol.registerFileProtocol(name, (request, callback) => {
-    const filePath = request.url.replace(`${name}://`, "");
-    const absPath = path.resolve(basePath, filePath);
-
-    callback({ path: absPath });
-  });
-}
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index f6c0b1bbc0..9bda0a8ee4 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ import httpProxy from "http-proxy";
 import * as LensExtensionsCommonApi from "../extensions/common-api";
 import * as LensExtensionsMainApi from "../extensions/main-api";
 import { app, autoUpdater, dialog, powerMonitor } from "electron";
-import { appName, isIntegrationTesting, isMac, isWindows, productName, staticFilesDirectory } from "../common/vars";
+import { appName, isIntegrationTesting, isMac, isWindows, productName } from "../common/vars";
 import { LensProxy } from "./lens-proxy";
 import { WindowManager } from "./window-manager";
 import { ClusterManager } from "./cluster-manager";
 import { shellSync } from "./shell-sync";
 import { mangleProxyEnv } from "./proxy-env";
-import { registerFileProtocol } from "../common/register-protocol";
 import logger from "./logger";
 import { appEventBus } from "../common/app-event-bus/event-bus";
 import type { InstalledExtension } from "../extensions/extension-discovery/extension-discovery";
@@ -198,8 +197,6 @@ async function main(di: DiContainer) {
 
   powerMonitor.on("shutdown", () => app.exit());
 
-  registerFileProtocol("static", staticFilesDirectory);
-
   PrometheusProviderRegistry.createInstance();
   initializers.initPrometheusProviderRegistry();
 
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.ts b/src/main/window-manager.ts
index 260a82ccc0..73ceedd867 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ import type { ClusterFrameInfo } from "../common/cluster-frames";
 import { clusterFrameMap } from "../common/cluster-frames";
 import { IpcRendererNavigationEvents } from "../renderer/navigation/events";
 import logger from "./logger";
-import { isMac, productName } from "../common/vars";
+import { isMac, productName, staticFilesDirectory } from "../common/vars";
 import { LensProxy } from "./lens-proxy";
 import { bundledExtensionsLoaded } from "../common/ipc/extension-handling";
+import path from "path";
 
 function isHideable(window: BrowserWindow | null): boolean {
   return Boolean(window && !window.isDestroyed());
@@ -257,7 +258,20 @@ export class WindowManager extends Singleton {
           nativeWindowOpen: true,
         },
       });
-      await this.splashWindow.loadURL("static://splash.html");
+
+      const splashWindowFilePath = path.join(staticFilesDirectory, "splash.html");
+
+      try {
+        await this.splashWindow.loadFile(splashWindowFilePath);
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (String(error).includes("ERR_FAILED")) {
+          logger.warn("[WINDOW-MANAGER]: failed to load splash window on first attempt, trying again...");
+          // Try again, from reading some issues it seems that trying again immedeiately sometimes works
+          await this.splashWindow.loadFile(splashWindowFilePath);
+        } else {
+          throw error;
+        }
+      }
     }
     this.splashWindow.show();
   }