diff --git a/shared/build.gradle.kts b/shared/build.gradle.kts
index a457ee3..4ccc373 100644
--- a/shared/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/shared/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ kotlin {
 
     sourceSets {
         commonMain.dependencies {
+            implementation(masterLibs.utilLibrary)
             implementation(libs.compose.material3)
             implementation(libs.compose.ui)
 
diff --git a/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/keinekekse/app/auth/AuthModule.jvm.kt b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/keinekekse/app/auth/AuthModule.jvm.kt
index 9629657..f024471 100644
--- a/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/keinekekse/app/auth/AuthModule.jvm.kt
+++ b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/keinekekse/app/auth/AuthModule.jvm.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package net.keinekekse.app.auth
 
 import io.ktor.http.*
+import net.keinekekse.exec.ExecutionResult
 import java.awt.Desktop
 import java.security.MessageDigest
 import java.security.SecureRandom
@@ -11,9 +12,15 @@ actual fun openInBrowser(url: Url) {
         throw IllegalStateException("Desktop API not supported (cannot open browser automatically).")
     }
     val desktop = Desktop.getDesktop()
-//    if (!desktop.isSupported(Desktop.Action.BROWSE)) {
-//        throw IllegalStateException("BROWSE action not supported (cannot open browser automatically).")
-//    }
+    if (!desktop.isSupported(Desktop.Action.BROWSE)) {
+        // TODO check if Linux -> run xdg-open $url
+        if (System.getProperty("os.name").lowercase(Locale.getDefault()).contains("linux")) {
+            // throws at error - that's all that matters here
+            ExecutionResult(listOf("xdg-open", url.toString()))
+            return
+        }
+        throw IllegalStateException("BROWSE action not supported (cannot open browser automatically).")
+    }
 
     desktop.browse(url.toURI())