diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
index 90fb4a3b0..31812f680 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/lib.rs
@@ -160,50 +160,11 @@ pub fn launch_with_props<P: 'static + Send>(
                                 }
                                 _ => (),
                             })
-                    .with_custom_protocol(String::from("dioxus"), move |request| {
-                        // Any content that that uses the `dioxus://` scheme will be shuttled through this handler as a "special case"
-                        // For now, we only serve two pieces of content which get included as bytes into the final binary.
-                        let path = request.uri().replace("dioxus://", "");
-
-                        // all assets shouldbe called from index.html
-                        let trimmed = path.trim_start_matches("index.html/");
-
-                        if trimmed.is_empty() {
-                            wry::http::ResponseBuilder::new()
-                                .mimetype("text/html")
-                                .body(include_bytes!("./index.html").to_vec())
-                        } else if trimmed == "index.js" {
-                            wry::http::ResponseBuilder::new()
-                                .mimetype("text/javascript")
-                                .body(dioxus_interpreter_js::INTERPRTER_JS.as_bytes().to_vec())
-                        } else {
-                            // Read the file content from file path
-                            use std::fs::read;
-
-                            let path_buf = std::path::Path::new(trimmed).canonicalize()?;
-                            let cur_path = std::path::Path::new(".").canonicalize()?;
-
-                            if !path_buf.starts_with(cur_path) {
-                                return wry::http::ResponseBuilder::new()
-                                    .status(wry::http::status::StatusCode::FORBIDDEN)
-                                    .body(String::from("Forbidden").into_bytes());
-                            }
-
-                            if !path_buf.exists() {
-                                return wry::http::ResponseBuilder::new()
-                                    .status(wry::http::status::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND)
-                                    .body(String::from("Not Found").into_bytes());
-                            }
-
-                            let mime = mime_guess::from_path(&path_buf).first_or_octet_stream();
-
-                            // do not let path searching to go two layers beyond the caller level
-                            let data = read(path_buf)?;
-                            let meta = format!("{}", mime);
-
-                            wry::http::ResponseBuilder::new().mimetype(&meta).body(data)
-                        }
+                            .unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                                log::warn!("invalid IPC message received");
+                            });
                     })
+                    .with_custom_protocol(String::from("dioxus"), protocol::desktop_handler)
                     .with_file_drop_handler(move |window, evet| {
                         file_handler
                             .as_ref()
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/protocol.rs b/packages/desktop/src/protocol.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8f007c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/protocol.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+use wry::{
+    http::{status::StatusCode, Request, Response, ResponseBuilder},
+    Result,
+};
+
+pub(super) fn desktop_handler(request: &Request) -> Result<Response> {
+    // Any content that uses the `dioxus://` scheme will be shuttled through this handler as a "special case".
+    // For now, we only serve two pieces of content which get included as bytes into the final binary.
+    let path = request.uri().replace("dioxus://", "");
+
+    // all assets should be called from index.html
+    let trimmed = path.trim_start_matches("index.html/");
+
+    if trimmed.is_empty() {
+        ResponseBuilder::new()
+            .mimetype("text/html")
+            .body(include_bytes!("./index.html").to_vec())
+    } else if trimmed == "index.js" {
+        ResponseBuilder::new()
+            .mimetype("text/javascript")
+            .body(dioxus_interpreter_js::INTERPRETER_JS.as_bytes().to_vec())
+    } else {
+        let path_buf = Path::new(trimmed).canonicalize()?;
+        let cur_path = Path::new(".").canonicalize()?;
+
+        if !path_buf.starts_with(cur_path) {
+            return ResponseBuilder::new()
+                .status(StatusCode::FORBIDDEN)
+                .body(String::from("Forbidden").into_bytes());
+        }
+
+        if !path_buf.exists() {
+            return ResponseBuilder::new()
+                .status(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND)
+                .body(String::from("Not Found").into_bytes());
+        }
+
+        let mime = mime_guess::from_path(&path_buf).first_or_octet_stream();
+
+        // do not let path searching to go two layers beyond the caller level
+        let data = std::fs::read(path_buf)?;
+        let meta = format!("{}", mime);
+
+        ResponseBuilder::new().mimetype(&meta).body(data)
+    }
+}