diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index f08c817a7..fdeccbe52 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
-
+                <category android:name="mozilla.components.pwa.category.SHORTCUT" />
                 <data android:scheme="http" />
                 <data android:scheme="https" />
             </intent-filter>
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/HomeActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/HomeActivity.kt
index 98d6bfd97..54033f446 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/HomeActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/HomeActivity.kt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ open class HomeActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
     override fun onResume() {
         super.onResume()
 
-        unsetOpenLinksInAPrivateTab()
+        unsetOpenLinksInAPrivateTabIfNecessary()
 
         lifecycleScope.launch {
             with(components.backgroundServices) {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ open class HomeActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         }
     }
 
-    private fun unsetOpenLinksInAPrivateTab() {
+    private fun unsetOpenLinksInAPrivateTabIfNecessary() {
         // Toggle off the open_link_in_private_tab pref if we are no longer set as the default browser
         // We do this on a separate thread to alleviate performance issues
         val weakReferenceContext = WeakReference(this)