diff --git a/public/electron.js b/public/electron.js
index 16c1022938..878142f7b3 100644
--- a/public/electron.js
+++ b/public/electron.js
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ function initApp() {
     await shell.trashItem(path);
   });
 
+  ipcMain.handle('showItemInFolder', (e, path) => shell.showItemInFolder(path));
+
   ipcMain.on('apiKeyboardActionResponse', (e, { id }) => {
     apiKeyboardActionRequests.get(id)?.();
   });
diff --git a/src/dialogs/index.jsx b/src/dialogs/index.jsx
index e4ec6bddb9..eef9db103a 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/index.jsx
+++ b/src/dialogs/index.jsx
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ import { parseDuration, formatDuration } from '../util/duration';
 import Swal, { swalToastOptions, toast } from '../swal';
 import { parseYouTube } from '../edlFormats';
 import CopyClipboardButton from '../components/CopyClipboardButton';
-import { isWindows } from '../util';
+import { isWindows, showItemInFolder } from '../util';
 
 const { dialog } = window.require('@electron/remote');
-const { shell } = window.require('electron');
 
 const ReactSwal = withReactContent(Swal);
 
@@ -571,7 +570,7 @@ export async function openDirToast({ filePath, text, html, ...props }) {
     html,
     ...props,
   });
-  if (value) shell.showItemInFolder(filePath);
+  if (value) showItemInFolder(filePath);
 }
 
 const UnorderedList = ({ children }) => <ul style={{ paddingLeft: '1em' }}>{children}</ul>;
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index 5aafbd724e..a07f5ad076 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ const { unlink } = fsExtra;
 
 const trashFile = async (path) => ipcRenderer.invoke('tryTrashItem', path);
 
+export const showItemInFolder = async (path) => ipcRenderer.invoke('showItemInFolder', path);
+
+
 export function getFileDir(filePath) {
   return filePath ? dirname(filePath) : undefined;
 }