diff --git a/app/content-scripts/account_pages.js b/app/content-scripts/account_pages.js
index 22e057cb7..5a960108d 100644
--- a/app/content-scripts/account_pages.js
+++ b/app/content-scripts/account_pages.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const AccountPagesContentScript = (function(window) {
 		'accountPage.getUser',
 		'accountPage.getUserSubscriptionData',
 		'accountPage.logout',
+		'accountPage.openSearchSelection'
 	];
 	const _initialize = function() {
 		_listeners.forEach(name => window.addEventListener(name, () => sendMessage(name)));
diff --git a/app/dawn-hub/Views/OnboardingView/OnboardingViewContainer.jsx b/app/dawn-hub/Views/OnboardingView/OnboardingViewContainer.jsx
index 0c86c1414..045de387e 100644
--- a/app/dawn-hub/Views/OnboardingView/OnboardingViewContainer.jsx
+++ b/app/dawn-hub/Views/OnboardingView/OnboardingViewContainer.jsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
 } from './OnboardingConstants';
 
 const justInstalled = (QueryString.parse(window.location.search).justInstalled === 'true') || false;
+const dontReroute = (QueryString.parse(window.location.search).dontReroute === 'true') || false;
 
 /**
  * @class Wrap the root onboarding flow view of the Dawn Hub
@@ -49,8 +50,10 @@ class OnboardingViewContainer extends Component {
 			sendMountActions: false,
 		};
 
-		const { history } = this.props;
-		history.push(`/${ONBOARDING}/${WELCOME}`);
+		if (!dontReroute) {
+			const { history } = this.props;
+			history.push(`/${ONBOARDING}/${WELCOME}`);
+		}
 
 		// TODO verify what document title we should use
 		const title = t('ghostery_dawn_onboarding_page_title');
diff --git a/src/background.js b/src/background.js
index 8df4c44af..4df14fa92 100644
--- a/src/background.js
+++ b/src/background.js
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ import { _getJSONAPIErrorsObject } from './utils/api';
 import importCliqzSettings from './utils/cliqzSettingImport';
 import { sendCliqzModuleCounts } from './utils/cliqzModulesData';
 
+import {
+	ONBOARDING,
+	CHOOSE_DEFAULT_SEARCH
+} from '../app/dawn-hub/Views/OnboardingView/OnboardingConstants';
+
 // For debug purposes, provide Access to the internals of `ghostery-common`
 // module from Developer Tools Console.
 window.CLIQZ = cliqz;
@@ -308,7 +313,17 @@ function handleAccountPages(name, callback) {
 				.then(data => callback(data))
 				.catch(err => callback(err));
 			return true;
-
+		case 'accountPage.openSearchSelection':
+			(async() => {
+				await globals.BROWSER_INFO_READY;
+				if (BROWSER_INFO.name === 'ghostery_desktop') {
+					utils.openNewTab({
+						url: chrome.runtime.getURL(`./app/templates/dawn_hub.html?dontReroute=true#${ONBOARDING}/${CHOOSE_DEFAULT_SEARCH}`),
+						become_active: true
+					});
+				}
+			})();
+			return true;
 		default:
 			return false;
 	}