diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/GlobalActionManager.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/GlobalActionManager.cpp
index 8efca639d..e4c898637 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/GlobalActionManager.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/GlobalActionManager.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@
 
 #include "GlobalActionManager.h"
 
+#include "accounts/AccountManager.h"
+#include "accounts/spotify/SpotifyAccount.h"
+#include "accounts/ResolverAccount.h"
 #include "audio/AudioEngine.h"
 #include "database/LocalCollection.h"
+#include "jobview/ErrorStatusMessage.h"
+#include "jobview/JobStatusModel.h"
+#include "jobview/JobStatusView.h"
 #include "playlist/dynamic/GeneratorInterface.h"
 #include "playlist/PlaylistTemplate.h"
 #include "playlist/PlaylistView.h"
@@ -136,6 +142,60 @@ GlobalActionManager::openLink( const QString& title, const QString& artist, cons
 }
 
 
+
+void
+GlobalActionManager::installResolverFromFile( const QString& resolverPath )
+{
+    const QFileInfo resolverAbsoluteFilePath( resolverPath );
+    TomahawkSettings::instance()->setScriptDefaultPath( resolverAbsoluteFilePath.absolutePath() );
+
+    if ( resolverAbsoluteFilePath.baseName() == "spotify_tomahawkresolver" )
+    {
+        // HACK if this is a spotify resolver, we treat it specially.
+        // usually we expect the user to just download the spotify resolver from attica,
+        // however developers, those who build their own tomahawk, can't do that, or linux
+        // users can't do that. However, we have an already-existing SpotifyAccount that we
+        // know exists that we need to use this resolver path.
+        //
+        // Hence, we special-case the spotify resolver and directly set the path on it here.
+        Accounts::SpotifyAccount* acct = 0;
+        foreach ( Accounts::Account* account, Accounts::AccountManager::instance()->accounts() )
+        {
+            if ( Accounts::SpotifyAccount* spotify = qobject_cast< Accounts::SpotifyAccount* >( account ) )
+            {
+                acct = spotify;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( acct )
+        {
+            acct->setManualResolverPath( resolverPath );
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Accounts::Account* acct =
+        Accounts::AccountManager::instance()->accountFromPath( resolverPath );
+
+    if ( !acct )
+    {
+        QFileInfo fi( resolverPath );
+
+        JobStatusView::instance()->model()->addJob( new ErrorStatusMessage(
+                                tr( "Resolver installation from file %1 failed." )
+                                .arg( fi.fileName() ) ) );
+
+        tDebug() << "Resolver was not installed:" << resolverPath;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    Accounts::AccountManager::instance()->addAccount( acct );
+    TomahawkSettings::instance()->addAccount( acct->accountId() );
+    Accounts::AccountManager::instance()->enableAccount( acct );
+}
+
+
 bool
 GlobalActionManager::openUrl( const QString& url )
 {
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/GlobalActionManager.h b/src/libtomahawk/GlobalActionManager.h
index e09fb1cf9..09e7d94b2 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/GlobalActionManager.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/GlobalActionManager.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ public:
 
     QUrl openLink( const QString& title, const QString& artist, const QString& album ) const;
 
+    void installResolverFromFile( const QString& resolverPath );
+
 public slots:
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.cpp b/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.cpp
index 8dc0390e6..fe9d394fd 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.cpp
+++ b/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.cpp
@@ -790,6 +790,17 @@ TomahawkApp::loadUrl( const QString& url )
 
             return true;
         }
+        else if ( info.suffix() == "axe" )
+        {
+            QFileInfo fi( url );
+            if ( fi.exists() )
+            {
+                tDebug( LOGINFO ) << "Loading AXE from file:" << url;
+                GlobalActionManager::instance()->installResolverFromFile( fi.absoluteFilePath() );
+
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     return GlobalActionManager::instance()->openUrl( url );
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/dialogs/SettingsDialog.cpp b/src/tomahawk/dialogs/SettingsDialog.cpp
index f58495df8..6c0b3a5e2 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/dialogs/SettingsDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/tomahawk/dialogs/SettingsDialog.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "AtticaManager.h"
 #include "network/acl/AclRegistry.h"
+#include "GlobalActionManager.h"
 #include "TomahawkApp.h"
 #include "TomahawkSettings.h"
 #include "accounts/DelegateConfigWrapper.h"
@@ -510,54 +511,9 @@ SettingsDialog::installFromFile()
                                                            0,
                                                            QFileDialog::ReadOnly );
 
-    if ( !resolver.isEmpty() )
+    if ( !resolver.isEmpty() && QFileInfo( resolver ).exists() )
     {
-        const QFileInfo resolverAbsoluteFilePath( resolver );
-        TomahawkSettings::instance()->setScriptDefaultPath( resolverAbsoluteFilePath.absolutePath() );
-
-        if ( resolverAbsoluteFilePath.baseName() == "spotify_tomahawkresolver" )
-        {
-            // HACK if this is a spotify resolver, we treat it specially.
-            // usually we expect the user to just download the spotify resolver from attica,
-            // however developers, those who build their own tomahawk, can't do that, or linux
-            // users can't do that. However, we have an already-existing SpotifyAccount that we
-            // know exists that we need to use this resolver path.
-            //
-            // Hence, we special-case the spotify resolver and directly set the path on it here.
-            SpotifyAccount* acct = 0;
-            foreach ( Account* account, AccountManager::instance()->accounts() )
-            {
-                if ( SpotifyAccount* spotify = qobject_cast< SpotifyAccount* >( account ) )
-                {
-                    acct = spotify;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if ( acct )
-            {
-                acct->setManualResolverPath( resolver );
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-
-        Account* acct = AccountManager::instance()->accountFromPath( resolver );
-
-        if ( !acct )
-        {
-            QFileInfo fi( resolver );
-
-            JobStatusView::instance()->model()->addJob( new ErrorStatusMessage(
-                                    tr( "Resolver installation from file %1 failed." )
-                                    .arg( fi.fileName() ) ) );
-
-            tDebug() << "Resolver was not installed:" << resolver;
-            return;
-        }
-
-        AccountManager::instance()->addAccount( acct );
-        TomahawkSettings::instance()->addAccount( acct->accountId() );
-        AccountManager::instance()->enableAccount( acct );
+        GlobalActionManager::instance()->installResolverFromFile( resolver );
     }
 }