diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Chat/MessageFormatterTests.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Chat/MessageFormatterTests.cs
index 8def8005f1..cea4d510c1 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Chat/MessageFormatterTests.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Chat/MessageFormatterTests.cs
@@ -409,26 +409,26 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Chat
 
             Assert.AreEqual(result.Content, result.DisplayContent);
             Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Links.Count);
-            Assert.AreEqual("osu://chan/#english", result.Links[0].Url);
-            Assert.AreEqual("osu://chan/#japanese", result.Links[1].Url);
+            Assert.AreEqual($"{OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/#english", result.Links[0].Url);
+            Assert.AreEqual($"{OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/#japanese", result.Links[1].Url);
         }
 
         [Test]
         public void TestOsuProtocol()
         {
-            Message result = MessageFormatter.FormatMessage(new Message { Content = "This is a custom protocol osu://chan/#english." });
+            Message result = MessageFormatter.FormatMessage(new Message { Content = $"This is a custom protocol {OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/#english." });
 
             Assert.AreEqual(result.Content, result.DisplayContent);
             Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Links.Count);
-            Assert.AreEqual("osu://chan/#english", result.Links[0].Url);
+            Assert.AreEqual($"{OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/#english", result.Links[0].Url);
             Assert.AreEqual(26, result.Links[0].Index);
             Assert.AreEqual(19, result.Links[0].Length);
 
-            result = MessageFormatter.FormatMessage(new Message { Content = "This is a [custom protocol](osu://chan/#english)." });
+            result = MessageFormatter.FormatMessage(new Message { Content = $"This is a [custom protocol]({OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/#english)." });
 
             Assert.AreEqual("This is a custom protocol.", result.DisplayContent);
             Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Links.Count);
-            Assert.AreEqual("osu://chan/#english", result.Links[0].Url);
+            Assert.AreEqual($"{OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/#english", result.Links[0].Url);
             Assert.AreEqual("#english", result.Links[0].Argument);
             Assert.AreEqual(10, result.Links[0].Index);
             Assert.AreEqual(15, result.Links[0].Length);
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneChatLink.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneChatLink.cs
index 12b5f64559..d077868175 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneChatLink.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Online/TestSceneChatLink.cs
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Online
             addMessageWithChecks("likes to post this [https://dev.ppy.sh/home link].", 1, true, true, expectedActions: LinkAction.External);
             addMessageWithChecks("Join my multiplayer game osump://12346.", 1, expectedActions: LinkAction.JoinMultiplayerMatch);
             addMessageWithChecks("Join my [multiplayer game](osump://12346).", 1, expectedActions: LinkAction.JoinMultiplayerMatch);
-            addMessageWithChecks("Join my [#english](osu://chan/#english).", 1, expectedActions: LinkAction.OpenChannel);
-            addMessageWithChecks("Join my osu://chan/#english.", 1, expectedActions: LinkAction.OpenChannel);
+            addMessageWithChecks($"Join my [#english]({OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/#english).", 1, expectedActions: LinkAction.OpenChannel);
+            addMessageWithChecks($"Join my {OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/#english.", 1, expectedActions: LinkAction.OpenChannel);
             addMessageWithChecks("Join my #english or #japanese channels.", 2, expectedActions: new[] { LinkAction.OpenChannel, LinkAction.OpenChannel });
             addMessageWithChecks("Join my #english or #nonexistent #hashtag channels.", 1, expectedActions: LinkAction.OpenChannel);
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
index d7974004b1..4c477d58b6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
             handleAdvanced(advanced_link_regex, result, startIndex);
 
             // handle editor times
-            handleMatches(time_regex, "{0}", "osu://edit/{0}", result, startIndex, LinkAction.OpenEditorTimestamp);
+            handleMatches(time_regex, "{0}", $"{OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}edit/{0}", result, startIndex, LinkAction.OpenEditorTimestamp);
 
             // handle channels
-            handleMatches(channel_regex, "{0}", "osu://chan/{0}", result, startIndex, LinkAction.OpenChannel);
+            handleMatches(channel_regex, "{0}", $"{OsuGameBase.OSU_PROTOCOL}chan/{0}", result, startIndex, LinkAction.OpenChannel);
 
             string empty = "";
             while (space-- > 0)
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index 0b2644d5ba..86390e7630 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
     /// </summary>
     public partial class OsuGameBase : Framework.Game, ICanAcceptFiles
     {
+        public const string OSU_PROTOCOL = "osu://";
+
         public const string CLIENT_STREAM_NAME = @"lazer";
 
         public const int SAMPLE_CONCURRENCY = 6;