diff --git a/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx b/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx
index 68c037ae..411b0b51 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx
+++ b/lib/gui/app/components/source-selector/source-selector.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import ImageSvg from '../../../assets/image.svg';
 import SrcSvg from '../../../assets/src.svg';
 import { DriveSelector } from '../drive-selector/drive-selector';
 import { DrivelistDrive } from '../../../../shared/drive-constraints';
+import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
 
 const recentUrlImagesKey = 'recentUrlImages';
 
@@ -334,14 +335,34 @@ export class SourceSelector extends React.Component<
 			analytics.logException(error);
 		}
 
+		if (this.isJson(decodeURIComponent(selected))) {
+			const config: AxiosRequestConfig = JSON.parse(
+				decodeURIComponent(selected),
+			);
+			return new sourceDestination.Http({
+				url: config.url!,
+				axiosInstance: axios.create(_.omit(config, ['url'])),
+			});
+		}
+
 		if (SourceType === sourceDestination.File) {
 			return new sourceDestination.File({
 				path: selected,
 			});
 		}
+
 		return new sourceDestination.Http({ url: selected });
 	}
 
+	public isJson(jsonString: string) {
+		try {
+			JSON.parse(jsonString);
+		} catch (e) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	private reselectSource() {
 		analytics.logEvent('Reselect image', {
 			previousImage: selectionState.getImage(),