diff --git a/app/ant/processing/app/Schema.java b/app/ant/processing/app/Schema.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e1e92ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ant/processing/app/Schema.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package processing.app;
+
+import processing.app.ui.Editor;
+
+public class Schema {
+    public static Editor handleSchema(String input, Base base) {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index 630da2146..a5b3ac7c0 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import processing.app.ui.Toolkit;
 import processing.core.*;
 import processing.data.StringList;
 
-
 /**
  * The base class for the main processing application.
  * Primary role of this class is for platform identification and
@@ -1367,6 +1366,11 @@ public class Base {
    * @param schemeUri the full URI, including pde://
    */
   public Editor handleScheme(String schemeUri) {
+    var result = Schema.handleSchema(schemeUri, this);
+    if (result != null) {
+      return result;
+    }
+
     String location = schemeUri.substring(6);
     if (location.length() > 0) {
       // if it leads with a slash, then it's a file url
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Schema.kt b/app/src/processing/app/Schema.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..153eeec4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Schema.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package processing.app
+
+import processing.app.ui.Editor
+import java.io.File
+import java.net.URI
+import java.net.URLDecoder
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+
+
+class Schema {
+    companion object{
+        private var base: Base? = null
+        @JvmStatic
+        fun handleSchema(input: String, base: Base): Editor?{
+            this.base = base
+            val uri = URI.create(input)
+            return when (uri.host) {
+                null -> handleLocalFile(uri.path)
+                "sketch" -> handleSketch(uri)
+                "preferences" -> handlePreferences(uri)
+                else -> handleRemoteFile(uri)
+            }
+        }
+        private fun handleLocalFile(input: String): Editor?{
+            return base?.handleOpen(input)
+        }
+        private fun handleSketch(uri: URI): Editor?{
+            val paths = uri.path.split("/")
+            return when(paths.getOrNull(1)){
+                "base64" -> handleSketchBase64(uri)
+                else -> null
+            }
+        }
+        private fun handleSketchBase64(uri: URI): Editor?{
+            val tempSketchFolder = SketchName.nextFolder(Base.untitledFolder);
+            tempSketchFolder.mkdirs()
+            val tempSketchFile = File(tempSketchFolder, "${tempSketchFolder.name}.pde")
+            val sketchB64 = uri.path.replace("/base64/", "")
+            val sketch = java.util.Base64.getDecoder().decode(sketchB64)
+            tempSketchFile.writeBytes(sketch)
+            val editor = base?.handleOpenUntitled(tempSketchFile.absolutePath)
+            return editor
+        }
+
+        private fun handlePreferences(uri: URI): Editor?{
+            val options = uri.query?.split("&")
+                ?.map { it.split("=") }
+                ?.associate {
+                    URLDecoder.decode(it[0], StandardCharsets.UTF_8) to
+                    URLDecoder.decode(it[1], StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+                }
+                ?: emptyMap()
+            for ((key, value) in options){
+                Preferences.set(key, value)
+            }
+            Preferences.save()
+
+            return null
+        }
+
+        private fun handleRemoteFile(uri: URI): Editor?{
+            return null
+        }
+    }
+}
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