diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 9d0be41d..5c8cfcf8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+                <data android:scheme="bitchat" android:host="verify" />
+            </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
         <!-- Persistent foreground service to run the mesh in background -->
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/MainActivity.kt
index 6e9fbd39..3c15866f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/bitchat/android/MainActivity.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import com.bitchat.android.ui.ChatViewModel
 import com.bitchat.android.ui.OrientationAwareActivity
 import com.bitchat.android.ui.theme.BitchatTheme
 import com.bitchat.android.nostr.PoWPreferenceManager
+import com.bitchat.android.services.VerificationService
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 
@@ -624,6 +625,7 @@ class MainActivity : OrientationAwareActivity() {
                 
                 // Handle any notification intent
                 handleNotificationIntent(intent)
+                handleVerificationIntent(intent)
                 
                 // Small delay to ensure mesh service is fully initialized
                 delay(500)
@@ -650,6 +652,7 @@ class MainActivity : OrientationAwareActivity() {
         // Handle notification intents when app is already running
         if (mainViewModel.onboardingState.value == OnboardingState.COMPLETE) {
             handleNotificationIntent(intent)
+            handleVerificationIntent(intent)
         }
     }
     
@@ -755,6 +758,17 @@ class MainActivity : OrientationAwareActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun handleVerificationIntent(intent: Intent) {
+        val uri = intent.data ?: return
+        if (uri.scheme != "bitchat" || uri.host != "verify") return
+
+        chatViewModel.showVerificationSheet()
+        val qr = VerificationService.verifyScannedQR(uri.toString())
+        if (qr != null) {
+            chatViewModel.beginQRVerification(qr)
+        }
+    }
+
     
     override fun onDestroy() {
         super.onDestroy()