diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 47e0af8..4dd468e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
 		"bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
 		"clipboardy": "^2.1.0",
 		"discord-rpc": "discordjs/RPC",
+		"register-scheme": "devsnek/node-register-scheme",
 		"utf-8-validate": "^5.0.2",
 		"vsls": "^0.3.1291"
 	},
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index d393129..ed33067 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { commands, ExtensionContext, StatusBarAlignment, StatusBarItem, window,
 import RPCClient from './client/RPCClient';
 import Logger from './structures/Logger';
 import { GitExtension } from './git';
+const { register } = require('discord-rpc'); // eslint-disable-line
 
 const sleep = (wait: number) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, wait));
 let loginTimeout: NodeJS.Timer;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ const statusBarIcon: StatusBarItem = window.createStatusBarItem(StatusBarAlignme
 statusBarIcon.text = '$(pulse) Connecting to Discord...';
 
 const config = workspace.getConfiguration('discord');
+register(config.get<string>('clientID')!);
 const rpc = new RPCClient(config.get<string>('clientID')!, statusBarIcon);
 
 export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
@@ -41,22 +43,6 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!isWorkspaceExcluded && config.get<boolean>('enabled')) {
-		statusBarIcon.show();
-		try {
-			await rpc.login();
-		} catch (error) {
-			Logger.log(`Encountered following error after trying to login:\n${error}`);
-			await rpc.dispose();
-			if (!config.get('silent')) {
-				if (error.message.includes('ENOENT')) window.showErrorMessage('No Discord Client detected!');
-				else window.showErrorMessage(`Couldn't connect to Discord via RPC: ${error.toString()}`);
-			}
-			rpc.statusBarIcon.text = '$(pulse) Reconnect to Discord';
-			rpc.statusBarIcon.command = 'discord.reconnect';
-		}
-	}
-
 	const enabler = commands.registerCommand('discord.enable', async () => {
 		await rpc.dispose();
 		config.update('enabled', true);
@@ -118,6 +104,22 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
 		allowJoinRequests,
 		disableJoinRequests,
 	);
+
+	if (!isWorkspaceExcluded && config.get<boolean>('enabled')) {
+		statusBarIcon.show();
+		try {
+			await rpc.login();
+		} catch (error) {
+			Logger.log(`Encountered following error after trying to login:\n${error}`);
+			await rpc.dispose();
+			if (!config.get('silent')) {
+				if (error.message.includes('ENOENT')) window.showErrorMessage('No Discord Client detected!');
+				else window.showErrorMessage(`Couldn't connect to Discord via RPC: ${error.toString()}`);
+			}
+			rpc.statusBarIcon.text = '$(pulse) Reconnect to Discord';
+			rpc.statusBarIcon.command = 'discord.reconnect';
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 export async function deactivate() {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 544702b..095c80e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -588,6 +588,13 @@ binary-extensions@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-1.13.1.tgz#598afe54755b2868a5330d2aff9d4ebb53209b65"
   integrity sha512-Un7MIEDdUC5gNpcGDV97op1Ywk748MpHcFTHoYs6qnj1Z3j7I53VG3nwZhKzoBZmbdRNnb6WRdFlwl7tSDuZGw==
 
+bindings@^1.3.0:
+  version "1.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bindings/-/bindings-1.5.0.tgz#10353c9e945334bc0511a6d90b38fbc7c9c504df"
+  integrity sha512-p2q/t/mhvuOj/UeLlV6566GD/guowlr0hHxClI0W9m7MWYkL1F0hLo+0Aexs9HSPCtR1SXQ0TD3MMKrXZajbiQ==
+  dependencies:
+    file-uri-to-path "1.0.0"
+
 bluebird@^3.5.5:
   version "3.7.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bluebird/-/bluebird-3.7.1.tgz#df70e302b471d7473489acf26a93d63b53f874de"
@@ -1641,6 +1648,11 @@ file-entry-cache@^5.0.1:
   dependencies:
     flat-cache "^2.0.1"
 
+file-uri-to-path@1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-uri-to-path/-/file-uri-to-path-1.0.0.tgz#553a7b8446ff6f684359c445f1e37a05dacc33dd"
+  integrity sha512-0Zt+s3L7Vf1biwWZ29aARiVYLx7iMGnEUl9x33fbB/j3jR81u/O2LbqK+Bm1CDSNDKVtJ/YjwY7TUd5SkeLQLw==
+
 fill-range@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fill-range/-/fill-range-4.0.0.tgz#d544811d428f98eb06a63dc402d2403c328c38f7"
@@ -2937,6 +2949,11 @@ nice-try@^1.0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nice-try/-/nice-try-1.0.5.tgz#a3378a7696ce7d223e88fc9b764bd7ef1089e366"
   integrity sha512-1nh45deeb5olNY7eX82BkPO7SSxR5SSYJiPTrTdFUVYwAl8CKMA5N9PjTYkHiRjisVcxcQ1HXdLhx2qxxJzLNQ==
 
+node-addon-api@^1.3.0:
+  version "1.7.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-addon-api/-/node-addon-api-1.7.1.tgz#cf813cd69bb8d9100f6bdca6755fc268f54ac492"
+  integrity sha512-2+DuKodWvwRTrCfKOeR24KIc5unKjOh8mz17NCzVnHWfjAdDqbfbjqh7gUT+BkXBRQM52+xCHciKWonJ3CbJMQ==
+
 node-fetch@2.6.0:
   version "2.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.0.tgz#e633456386d4aa55863f676a7ab0daa8fdecb0fd"
@@ -3653,6 +3670,13 @@ regexpp@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/regexpp/-/regexpp-2.0.1.tgz#8d19d31cf632482b589049f8281f93dbcba4d07f"
   integrity sha512-lv0M6+TkDVniA3aD1Eg0DVpfU/booSu7Eev3TDO/mZKHBfVjgCGTV4t4buppESEYDtkArYFOxTJWv6S5C+iaNw==
 
+register-scheme@devsnek/node-register-scheme:
+  version "0.0.2"
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/devsnek/node-register-scheme/tar.gz/e7cc9a63a1f512565da44cb57316d9fb10750e17"
+  dependencies:
+    bindings "^1.3.0"
+    node-addon-api "^1.3.0"
+
 remark-math@1.0.6:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/remark-math/-/remark-math-1.0.6.tgz#49eb3dd15d298734c9ae21673115389793af4d1b"