diff --git a/lib/app.dart b/lib/app.dart
index c65fa7c2..5b529c7e 100644
--- a/lib/app.dart
+++ b/lib/app.dart
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ class _AppMainWidgetState extends State<AppMainWidget> {
     initAsync();
 
     void handleShareLink(Uri uri) {
+      HomeViewState.pendingSharedLink = uri;
       routerProvider.go(Routes.home);
       HomeViewState.streamHomeViewPageIndex.add(1);
       HomeViewState.streamSharedLink.add(uri);
diff --git a/lib/src/visual/views/camera/camera_preview_components/camera_preview_controller_components/camera_scanned_overlay.dart b/lib/src/visual/views/camera/camera_preview_components/camera_preview_controller_components/camera_scanned_overlay.dart
index dc9e7b45..e3ac8e78 100644
--- a/lib/src/visual/views/camera/camera_preview_components/camera_preview_controller_components/camera_scanned_overlay.dart
+++ b/lib/src/visual/views/camera/camera_preview_components/camera_preview_controller_components/camera_scanned_overlay.dart
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ class CameraScannedOverlay extends StatelessWidget {
         width: 150,
         child: ListView(
           children: [
-            if (mainController.scannedUrl != null)
+            if (mainController.scannedUrl != null &&
+                mainController.scannedUrl!.isNotEmpty)
               _buildScannedUrlTile(context, mainController.scannedUrl!),
           ],
         ),
diff --git a/lib/src/visual/views/camera/camera_preview_components/main_camera_controller.dart b/lib/src/visual/views/camera/camera_preview_components/main_camera_controller.dart
index 4fc2dca5..797f7a56 100644
--- a/lib/src/visual/views/camera/camera_preview_components/main_camera_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/src/visual/views/camera/camera_preview_components/main_camera_controller.dart
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class MainCameraController {
   }
 
   void onImageSend() {
-    scannedUrl = '';
+    scannedUrl = null;
     setState?.call();
   }
 
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ class MainCameraController {
           await _initializeFuture;
         } on CameraException catch (e) {
           // If specific image format is unsupported on this hardware, fallback to default format
-          Log.warn('Initial camera format initialization failed ($e), trying fallback format...');
+          Log.warn(
+            'Initial camera format initialization failed ($e), trying fallback format...',
+          );
           await controller.dispose();
           controller = CameraController(
             AppEnvironment.cameras[cameraId],
diff --git a/lib/src/visual/views/home.view.dart b/lib/src/visual/views/home.view.dart
index c85eb538..7c80aead 100644
--- a/lib/src/visual/views/home.view.dart
+++ b/lib/src/visual/views/home.view.dart
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class HomeViewState extends State<HomeView> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
   StreamSubscription<int>? _homeViewPageIndexSub;
   StreamSubscription<NotificationResponse>? _selectNotificationSub;
 
+  static Uri? pendingSharedLink;
   static final streamHomeViewPageIndex = StreamController<int>.broadcast();
   static final streamSharedLink = StreamController<Uri>.broadcast();
 
@@ -56,7 +57,10 @@ class HomeViewState extends State<HomeView> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
     super.initState();
     WidgetsBinding.instance.addObserver(this);
     var initialPage = widget.initialPage;
-    if (initialPage == 1 && !userService.currentUser.startWithCameraOpen) {
+    if (HomeViewState.pendingSharedLink != null) {
+      initialPage = 1;
+    } else if (initialPage == 1 &&
+        !userService.currentUser.startWithCameraOpen) {
       initialPage = 0;
     }
     _activePageIdx = initialPage;
@@ -100,6 +104,22 @@ class HomeViewState extends State<HomeView> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
       streamHomeViewPageIndex.add(0);
     });
 
+    _sharedLinkSub = streamSharedLink.stream.listen((uri) {
+      HomeViewState.pendingSharedLink = null;
+      _mainCameraController.setSharedLinkForPreview(uri);
+      Permission.camera.isGranted.then((hasPermission) {
+        if (hasPermission && mounted) {
+          unawaited(_mainCameraController.selectCamera(0, true));
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    if (HomeViewState.pendingSharedLink != null) {
+      final link = HomeViewState.pendingSharedLink!;
+      HomeViewState.pendingSharedLink = null;
+      _mainCameraController.setSharedLinkForPreview(link);
+    }
+
     if (initialPage == 1) {
       Permission.camera.isGranted.then((hasPermission) {
         if (hasPermission && mounted) {
@@ -110,14 +130,11 @@ class HomeViewState extends State<HomeView> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
 
     unawaited(_initAsync());
 
-    _sharedLinkSub = streamSharedLink.stream.listen(
-      _mainCameraController.setSharedLinkForPreview,
-    );
-
     WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
-      if (widget.initialPage == 1 &&
-              !userService.currentUser.startWithCameraOpen ||
-          widget.initialPage == 0) {
+      if (_mainCameraController.sharedLinkForPreview == null &&
+          ((widget.initialPage == 1 &&
+                  !userService.currentUser.startWithCameraOpen) ||
+              widget.initialPage == 0)) {
         streamHomeViewPageIndex.add(0);
       }
       Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 1), () {