diff --git a/.github/workflows/turbo-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/turbo-ci.yml
index a31fcb8bc3..8a2cdcb522 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/turbo-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/turbo-ci.yml
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             pnpm-cache-
 
+      - name: Cache Gradle distribution
+        uses: actions/cache@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper/dists
+            ~/.gradle/caches
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('packages/app-lib/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
+
       - name: Setup Rust toolchain
         uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@2b1f5e9b395427c92ee4e3331786ca3c37afe2d7 # v1.16.0
         with:
diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue b/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue
index d9faac6408..dee3162060 100644
--- a/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ import { get_user, get_version } from '@/helpers/cache.js'
 import { command_listener, notification_listener, warning_listener } from '@/helpers/events.js'
 import { cancelLogin, get as getCreds, login, logout } from '@/helpers/mr_auth.ts'
 import { create_profile_and_install_from_file } from '@/helpers/pack'
-import { list } from '@/helpers/profile.js'
+import { list, run } from '@/helpers/profile.js'
 import { mergeUrlQuery, parseModrinthLink } from '@/helpers/project-links.ts'
 import { get as getSettings, set as setSettings } from '@/helpers/settings.ts'
 import { get_opening_command, initialize_state } from '@/helpers/state'
@@ -862,6 +862,8 @@ async function handleCommand(e) {
 				source: 'CreationModalFileDrop',
 			})
 		}
+	} else if (e.event === 'LaunchProfile') {
+		await run(decodeURIComponent(e.path)).catch(handleError)
 	} else if (e.event === 'InstallServer') {
 		await router.push(`/project/${e.id}`)
 		await playServerProject(e.id).catch(handleError)
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml b/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
index 0cd7d5d9f7..2b9f075e78 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/app-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-error = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["chrono", "env-filter"] }
 url = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+urlencoding = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 whoami = { workspace = true }
 zbus = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/app-lib/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2e1113280e..e311d962e4 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/app-lib/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.1.0-bin.zip
-networkTimeout=10000
+networkTimeout=120000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/api/handler.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/api/handler.rs
index 500aaeb385..ffa0ca413d 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/api/handler.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/api/handler.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
     },
     util::io,
 };
+use urlencoding::decode;
 
 /// Handles external functions (such as through URL deep linkage)
 /// Link is extracted value (link) in somewhat URL format, such as
@@ -28,6 +29,25 @@ pub async fn handle_url(sublink: &str) -> crate::Result<CommandPayload> {
         Some(("server", id)) => {
             CommandPayload::InstallServer { id: id.to_string() }
         }
+        // /launch/profile/{id}   -    Launches a profile
+        Some(("launch", rest)) if rest.starts_with("profile/") => {
+            let raw = rest.trim_start_matches("profile/");
+            match decode(raw) {
+                Ok(decoded) => CommandPayload::LaunchProfile {
+                    path: decoded.to_string(),
+                },
+                Err(e) => {
+                    emit_warning(&format!(
+                        "Invalid UTF-8 in profile path: {e}"
+                    ))
+                    .await?;
+                    return Err(crate::ErrorKind::InputError(format!(
+                        "Invalid UTF-8 in profile path: {e}"
+                    ))
+                    .into());
+                }
+            }
+        }
         _ => {
             emit_warning(&format!(
                 "Invalid command, unrecognized path: {sublink}"
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/event/mod.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/event/mod.rs
index f570d78a9a..1f642466a4 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/event/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/event/mod.rs
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ pub enum CommandPayload {
     InstallServer {
         id: String,
     },
+    LaunchProfile {
+        path: String,
+    },
     RunMRPack {
         // run or install .mrpack
         path: PathBuf,