diff --git a/app/background-process.js b/app/background-process.js
index a948248537..da3e7823eb 100644
--- a/app/background-process.js
+++ b/app/background-process.js
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ if (beakerCore.getEnvVar('BEAKER_TEST_DRIVER')) {
 app.enableSandbox()
 
 // configure the protocols
-protocol.registerStandardSchemes(['dat', 'beaker'], { secure: true })
+protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged([
+  {scheme: 'dat', privileges: {standard: true, secure: true, allowServiceWorkers: true, supportFetchAPI: true, corsEnabled: true}},
+  {scheme: 'beaker', privileges: {standard: true, secure: true, allowServiceWorkers: true, supportFetchAPI: true, corsEnabled: true}}
+])
 
 // handle OS event to open URLs
 app.on('open-url', (e, url) => {
@@ -122,9 +125,6 @@ app.on('ready', async function () {
       throw new Error('Failed to create protocol: dat')
     }
   })
-
-  // configure chromium's permissions for the protocols
-  protocol.registerServiceWorkerSchemes(['dat'])
 })
 
 app.on('quit', () => {
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 08ca9b8bb9..ee87c96dce 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "copyright": "© 2019, Blue Link Labs",
   "main": "background-process.build.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@beaker/core": "beakerbrowser/beaker-core#46716e74cd5abcc6519e30e58fe927b92bb7d958",
+    "@beaker/core": "beakerbrowser/beaker-core#electron5",
     "@beaker/dat-archive-file-diff": "^1.0.0",
     "anymatch": "^1.3.2",
     "await-lock": "^1.1.3",
diff --git a/app/webview-preload.js b/app/webview-preload.js
index 646a65f81e..eb189748bb 100644
--- a/app/webview-preload.js
+++ b/app/webview-preload.js
@@ -8,15 +8,7 @@ import setupExitFullScreenHackfix from './webview-preload/exit-full-screen-hackf
 import readableStreamAsyncIteratorPolyfill from './webview-preload/readable-stream-async-iterator-polyfill'
 import windowOpenCloseHackfix from './webview-preload/window-open-close-hackfix'
 
-// register protocol behaviors
-/* This marks the scheme as:
- - Secure
- - Allowing Service Workers
- - Supporting Fetch API
- - CORS Enabled
-*/
-webFrame.registerURLSchemeAsPrivileged('dat', { bypassCSP: false })
-webFrame.setSpellCheckProvider('en-US', true, beakerCoreWebview.createSpellChecker(rpcAPI))
+webFrame.setSpellCheckProvider('en-US', beakerCoreWebview.createSpellChecker(rpcAPI))
 
 // HACKS
 setupExitFullScreenHackfix()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ee51e0c01c..ee870b009a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "beakerbrowser",
   "devDependencies": {
     "browserify": "^13.0.1",
-    "electron": "4.1.4",
+    "electron": "5.0.0",
     "electron-builder": "~20.38.5",
     "eslint": "^4.5.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.7.0",
diff --git a/tasks/rebuild.js b/tasks/rebuild.js
index 135dc332b6..7aa3e9f497 100644
--- a/tasks/rebuild.js
+++ b/tasks/rebuild.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var gulp = require('gulp')
 var path = require('path')
 var run = require('./util-run')
 
-//(cd app && npm rebuild --runtime=electron --target=4.1.4 --disturl=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell --build-from-source); gulp build
+//(cd app && npm rebuild --runtime=electron --target=5.0.0 --disturl=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell --build-from-source); gulp build
 
 gulp.task('rebuild', gulp.series(function () {
   // TODO read electron version
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ gulp.task('rebuild', gulp.series(function () {
         LDFLAGS: '-mmacosx-version-min=10.10'
       }
     }
-    run(`npm rebuild --runtime=electron --target=4.1.4 --disturl=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell --build-from-source`, {cwd, env, shell: true}, function () {
+    run(`npm rebuild --runtime=electron --target=5.0.0 --disturl=https://atom.io/download/atom-shell --build-from-source`, {cwd, env, shell: true}, function () {
       run(`npm run build`, {shell: true}, function () {
         resolve()
       })
diff --git a/tests/experimental-capture-page-web-api.js b/tests/experimental-capture-page-web-api-test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/experimental-capture-page-web-api.js
rename to tests/experimental-capture-page-web-api-test.js