diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/ActivityExtensions.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/ActivityExtensions.kt
index b5e15d5e7..e83808ae9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/ActivityExtensions.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/ActivityExtensions.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile
 
+import android.os.Bundle
 import androidx.annotation.IdRes
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import androidx.navigation.NavDirections
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ fun AppCompatActivity.navigate(action: NavDirections) =
 fun AppCompatActivity.navigate(@IdRes fragmentId: Int) =
   findNavController(R.id.nav_host_fragment).navigate(fragmentId)
 
+fun AppCompatActivity.navigate(@IdRes fragmentId: Int, bundle: Bundle) =
+  findNavController(R.id.nav_host_fragment).navigate(fragmentId, bundle)
+
 internal inline val BaseActivity.kiwixActivityComponent
   get() = kiwixComponent
     .activityComponentBuilder()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/main/KiwixMainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/main/KiwixMainActivity.kt
index 8b330b5bb..ef3dab75f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/main/KiwixMainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/main/KiwixMainActivity.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import android.view.MenuItem
 import androidx.appcompat.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle
 import androidx.appcompat.view.ActionMode
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
+import androidx.core.os.bundleOf
 import androidx.navigation.NavController
 import androidx.navigation.findNavController
 import androidx.navigation.ui.AppBarConfiguration
@@ -158,8 +159,8 @@ class KiwixMainActivity : CoreMainActivity() {
     closeNavigationDrawer()
   }
 
-  override fun openPage(pageUrl: String, zimFilePath: String?) {
-    navigate(R.id.navigation_reader)
-    // openZimFile(file)
+  override fun openPage(pageUrl: String, zimFilePath: String) {
+    val bundle = bundleOf("pageUrl" to pageUrl, "zimFileUri" to zimFilePath)
+    navigate(R.id.navigation_reader, bundle)
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/nav/destination/reader/ReaderFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/nav/destination/reader/ReaderFragment.kt
index 9fe7a20fe..c1c3c5095 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/nav/destination/reader/ReaderFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/nav/destination/reader/ReaderFragment.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import android.view.View
 import android.view.View.GONE
 import android.view.View.VISIBLE
 import android.view.ViewGroup
+import android.widget.Toast
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import androidx.core.net.toFile
 import androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout
@@ -74,7 +75,17 @@ class ReaderFragment : CoreReaderFragment() {
 
   override fun onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
     super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState)
-    manageExternalLaunchAndRestoringViewState(args.zimFileUri)
+    if (arguments != null) {
+      val args = ReaderFragmentArgs.fromBundle(requireArguments())
+      if (args.pageUrl.isNotEmpty()) {
+        if (args.zimFileUri.isNotEmpty()) {
+          tryOpeningZimFile(args)
+        }
+        loadUrlWithCurrentWebview(args.pageUrl)
+      } else {
+        manageExternalLaunchAndRestoringViewState(args.zimFileUri)
+      }
+    }
     val activity = activity as CoreMainActivity
     noOpenBookButton.setOnClickListener {
       activity.navigate(
@@ -86,6 +97,16 @@ class ReaderFragment : CoreReaderFragment() {
     setFragmentContainerBottomMarginToSizeOfNavBar()
   }
 
+  private fun tryOpeningZimFile(args: ReaderFragmentArgs) {
+    val file = File(args.zimFileUri)
+    if (!file.exists()) {
+      Toast.makeText(activity, R.string.error_file_not_found, Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
+        .show()
+      return
+    }
+    openZimFile(file)
+  }
+
   override fun loadDrawerViews() {
     drawerLayout = requireActivity().findViewById(R.id.navigation_container)
     tableDrawerRightContainer = requireActivity().findViewById(R.id.reader_drawer_nav_view)
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/navigation/kiwix_nav_graph.xml b/app/src/main/res/navigation/kiwix_nav_graph.xml
index e32c896ee..6b92f65b0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/navigation/kiwix_nav_graph.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/navigation/kiwix_nav_graph.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
       android:name="zimFileUri"
       android:defaultValue=""
       app:argType="string" />
+
+    <argument
+      android:name="pageUrl"
+      android:defaultValue=""
+      app:argType="string" />
     <action
       android:id="@+id/action_navigation_reader_to_navigation_library"
       app:destination="@id/navigation_library" />
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/CoreMainActivity.kt b/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/CoreMainActivity.kt
index c943cf01b..941e48211 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/CoreMainActivity.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/CoreMainActivity.kt
@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@ abstract class CoreMainActivity : BaseActivity(), WebViewProvider,
   abstract fun openSettingsActivity()
   abstract fun openHistoryActivity()
   abstract fun openBookmarksActivity()
-  abstract fun openPage(pageUrl: String, zimFilePath: String? = null)
+  abstract fun openPage(pageUrl: String, zimFilePath: String = "")
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/CoreReaderFragment.java b/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/CoreReaderFragment.java
index 615c90beb..83b6e71e9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/CoreReaderFragment.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/main/CoreReaderFragment.java
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ public abstract class CoreReaderFragment extends BaseFragment
     loadUrlWithCurrentWebview("javascript:(" + documentParserJs + ")()");
   }
 
-  private void loadUrlWithCurrentWebview(String url) {
+  protected void loadUrlWithCurrentWebview(String url) {
     loadUrl(url, getCurrentWebView());
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/page/viewmodel/effects/OpenPage.kt b/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/page/viewmodel/effects/OpenPage.kt
index 29cf28a4f..eda02c310 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/page/viewmodel/effects/OpenPage.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/page/viewmodel/effects/OpenPage.kt
@@ -18,31 +18,19 @@
 
 package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.page.viewmodel.effects
 
-import android.app.Activity
-import android.content.Intent
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.base.SideEffect
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.main.CoreMainActivity
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.page.adapter.Page
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.reader.ZimReaderContainer
-import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.utils.EXTRA_CHOSE_X_FILE
-import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.utils.EXTRA_CHOSE_X_URL
 
 data class OpenPage(
   private val page: Page,
   private val zimReaderContainer: ZimReaderContainer
 ) : SideEffect<Unit> {
   override fun invokeWith(activity: AppCompatActivity) {
-    activity.setResult(
-      Activity.RESULT_OK,
-      Intent().putExtra(EXTRA_CHOSE_X_URL, page.url).apply {
-        if (page.zimFilePath != zimReaderContainer.zimCanonicalPath) {
-          putExtra(EXTRA_CHOSE_X_FILE, page.zimFilePath)
-        }
-      }
-    )
     if (page.zimFilePath != zimReaderContainer.zimCanonicalPath) {
-      (activity as CoreMainActivity).openPage(page.url, page.zimFilePath)
+      (activity as CoreMainActivity).openPage(page.url, page.zimFilePath!!)
     } else {
       (activity as CoreMainActivity).openPage(page.url)
     }
diff --git a/custom/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/custom/main/CustomMainActivity.kt b/custom/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/custom/main/CustomMainActivity.kt
index 7ea0583e6..1640a46e1 100644
--- a/custom/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/custom/main/CustomMainActivity.kt
+++ b/custom/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/custom/main/CustomMainActivity.kt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class CustomMainActivity : CoreMainActivity() {
     //
   }
 
-  override fun openPage(pageUrl: String, zimFilePath: String?) {
+  override fun openPage(pageUrl: String, zimFilePath: String) {
     //
   }
 }