diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs b/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs
index 4456eb2d7..dcf032f10 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+use wry::application::event::Event;
+use wry::application::event_loop::EventLoopWindowTarget;
 use wry::application::window::Icon;
 use wry::{
     application::window::{Window, WindowBuilder},
@@ -8,12 +10,15 @@ use wry::{
     Result as WryResult,
 };
 
+use crate::desktop_context::UserWindowEvent;
+
 // pub(crate) type DynEventHandlerFn = dyn Fn(&mut EventLoop<()>, &mut WebView);
 
 /// The configuration for the desktop application.
 pub struct Config {
     pub(crate) window: WindowBuilder,
     pub(crate) file_drop_handler: Option<DropHandler>,
+    pub(crate) event_handler: Option<EventHandler>,
     pub(crate) protocols: Vec<WryProtocol>,
     pub(crate) pre_rendered: Option<String>,
     // pub(crate) event_handler: Option<Box<DynEventHandlerFn>>,
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 type DropHandler = Box<dyn Fn(&Window, FileDropEvent) -> bool>;
+type EventHandler = Box<dyn Fn(&Event<UserWindowEvent>, &EventLoopWindowTarget<UserWindowEvent>)>;
 
 pub(crate) type WryProtocol = (
     String,
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ impl Config {
             window,
             protocols: Vec::new(),
             file_drop_handler: None,
+            event_handler: None,
             pre_rendered: None,
             disable_context_menu: !cfg!(debug_assertions),
             resource_dir: None,
@@ -77,14 +84,15 @@ impl Config {
         self
     }
 
-    // /// Set a custom event handler
-    // pub fn with_event_handler(
-    //     mut self,
-    //     handler: impl Fn(&mut EventLoop<()>, &mut WebView) + 'static,
-    // ) -> Self {
-    //     self.event_handler = Some(Box::new(handler));
-    //     self
-    // }
+    /// Set a custom wry event handler. This can be used to listen to window and webview events
+    /// This only has an effect on the main window
+    pub fn with_event_handler(
+        mut self,
+        handler: impl Fn(&Event<UserWindowEvent>, &EventLoopWindowTarget<UserWindowEvent>) + 'static,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.event_handler = Some(Box::new(handler));
+        self
+    }
 
     /// Set a file drop handler
     pub fn with_file_drop_handler(
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
index a75e6bbbb..0fa27d99f 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ pub fn launch_cfg(root: Component, config_builder: Config) {
 ///     })
 /// }
 /// ```
-pub fn launch_with_props<P: 'static>(root: Component<P>, props: P, cfg: Config) {
+pub fn launch_with_props<P: 'static>(root: Component<P>, props: P, mut cfg: Config) {
     let event_loop = EventLoop::<UserWindowEvent>::with_user_event();
 
     let proxy = event_loop.create_proxy();
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ pub fn launch_with_props<P: 'static>(root: Component<P>, props: P, cfg: Config)
 
     let queue = WebviewQueue::default();
 
+    let event_handler = cfg.event_handler.take();
+
     // By default, we'll create a new window when the app starts
     queue.borrow_mut().push(create_new_window(
         cfg,
@@ -134,9 +136,13 @@ pub fn launch_with_props<P: 'static>(root: Component<P>, props: P, cfg: Config)
         &queue,
     ));
 
-    event_loop.run(move |window_event, _event_loop, control_flow| {
+    event_loop.run(move |window_event, event_loop, control_flow| {
         *control_flow = ControlFlow::Wait;
 
+        if let Some(handler) = &event_handler {
+            handler(&window_event, event_loop);
+        }
+
         match window_event {
             Event::WindowEvent {
                 event, window_id, ..