diff --git a/osu.Desktop/DiscordRichPresence.cs b/osu.Desktop/DiscordRichPresence.cs
index f1c796d0cd..74ebd38f2c 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/DiscordRichPresence.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/DiscordRichPresence.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using System.Text;
 using DiscordRPC;
 using DiscordRPC.Message;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using osu.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
@@ -80,14 +79,20 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
             client.OnReady += onReady;
             client.OnError += (_, e) => Logger.Log($"An error occurred with Discord RPC Client: {e.Message} ({e.Code})", LoggingTarget.Network, LogLevel.Error);
 
-            // A URI scheme is required to support game invitations, as well as informing Discord of the game executable path to support launching the game when a user clicks on join/spectate.
-            // The library doesn't properly support URI registration when ran from an app bundle on macOS.
-            if (!RuntimeInfo.IsApple)
+            try
             {
                 client.RegisterUriScheme();
                 client.Subscribe(EventType.Join);
                 client.OnJoin += onJoin;
             }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                // This is known to fail in at least the following sandboxed environments:
+                // - macOS (when packaged as an app bundle)
+                // - flatpak (see: https://github.com/flathub/sh.ppy.osu/issues/170)
+                // There is currently no better way to do this offered by Discord, so the best we can do is simply ignore it for now.
+                Logger.Log($"Failed to register Discord URI scheme: {ex}");
+            }
 
             client.Initialize();
         }