diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 9eaf937e..2657e39d 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, nativeImage, dialog, Menu, globalShortcut} = require('electron')
+const { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, nativeImage, dialog, Menu, globalShortcut, shell} = require('electron')
 const { autoUpdater } = require("electron-updater")
 const fs = require('fs')
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ ipcMain.handle('titlebarClick', (event, arg) => {
     }
 })
 
+ipcMain.handle('showItemInFolder', (event, arg) => {
+    shell.showItemInFolder(arg)
+})
+
 //Check if user has enabled auto-updating the app
 function isUpdateEnabled() {
     let settingsPath
diff --git a/modules/UI.js b/modules/UI.js
index 27790d51..1ae6dd03 100644
--- a/modules/UI.js
+++ b/modules/UI.js
@@ -220,15 +220,15 @@ function openDownloadedFile() {
     } else {
         if(mediaMode === "audio") {
             if(process.platform === "darwin" || process.platform === "linux") {
-                shell.showItemInFolder(downloadPath + '/' + audioOutputName.replace(/[//?%*:|"<>]/g, '_'))
+                ipcRenderer.invoke('showItemInFolder',  + '/' + audioOutputName.replace(/[//?%*:|"<>]/g, '_'))
             } else {
-                shell.showItemInFolder(downloadPath + '\\' + audioOutputName.replace(/[/\\?%*:|"<>]/g, '_'))
+                ipcRenderer.invoke('showItemInFolder',  + '\\' + audioOutputName.replace(/[/\\?%*:|"<>]/g, '_'))
             }
         } else {
             if(process.platform === "darwin" || process.platform === "linux") {
-                shell.showItemInFolder(downloadPath + '/' + videoOutputName.replace(/[//?%*:|"<>]/g, '_'))
+                ipcRenderer.invoke('showItemInFolder', downloadPath + '/' + videoOutputName.replace(/[//?%*:|"<>]/g, '_'))
             } else {
-                shell.showItemInFolder(downloadPath + '\\' + videoOutputName.replace(/[/\\?%*:|"<>]/g, '_'))
+                ipcRenderer.invoke('showItemInFolder', downloadPath + '\\' + videoOutputName.replace(/[/\\?%*:|"<>]/g, '_'))
             }
         }
     }