diff --git a/script/electron-builder-linux.yml b/script/electron-builder-linux.yml
index 768783bc667..7d5d6f5dfde 100644
--- a/script/electron-builder-linux.yml
+++ b/script/electron-builder-linux.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ linux:
   mimeTypes:
     - x-scheme-handler/x-github-client
     - x-scheme-handler/x-github-desktop-auth
+    # workaround for handling OAuth flow until we figure out what we're doing 
+    # With the development OAuth details
+    # see https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop/issues/72 for more details
+    - x-scheme-handler/x-github-desktop-dev-auth
   target:
     - AppImage
   maintainer: 'GitHub, Inc <opensource+desktop@github.com>'