diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
index edd6a1a8f68e3472ce9136df151ab5ded1592531..b12acca0233705799243c5c9e220e851a3d528ed 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ export class CodeApplication {
 			const environmentService = accessor.get(IEnvironmentService);
 
 			urlService.registerHandler({
-				async handleURL(uri: URI): TPromise<boolean> {
+				handleURL(uri: URI): TPromise<boolean> {
 					if (windowsMainService.getWindowCount() === 0) {
 						const cli = { ...environmentService.args, goto: true };
 						const [window] = windowsMainService.open({ context: OpenContext.API, cli, forceEmpty: true });
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ export class CodeApplication {
 						return window.ready().then(() => urlService.open(uri));
 					}
 
-					return false;
+					return TPromise.as(false);
 				}
 			});
 		}