diff --git a/src/kiri/init.js b/src/kiri/init.js
index b114f115..00d466f8 100644
--- a/src/kiri/init.js
+++ b/src/kiri/init.js
@@ -2586,7 +2586,7 @@ gapp.register("kiri.init", [], (root, exports) => {
 
         // load workspace from url
         if (SETUP.wrk) {
-            api.settings.import_url(`${proto}//${SETUP.wrk[0]}`, true);
+            api.settings.import_url(`${proto}//${SETUP.wrk[0]}`, false);
         }
 
         // bind this to UI so main can call it on settings import
diff --git a/src/kiri/settings.js b/src/kiri/settings.js
index d5165ce1..808a129e 100644
--- a/src/kiri/settings.js
+++ b/src/kiri/settings.js
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ function settingsImport(data, ask) {
 
 function settingsImportUrl(url, ask) {
     fetch(url).then(r => r.arrayBuffer()).then(a => {
-        settingsImport(a, ask);
+        settingsImportZip(a, ask);
     }).catch(error => {
         console.log({workspace_url: url, error: error.message || error});
         api.show.alert('workspace load failed');