diff --git a/podcasts/AppDelegate+UrlHandling.swift b/podcasts/AppDelegate+UrlHandling.swift
index 68a3bbe54d..e1983410ad 100644
--- a/podcasts/AppDelegate+UrlHandling.swift
+++ b/podcasts/AppDelegate+UrlHandling.swift
@@ -169,7 +169,13 @@ extension AppDelegate {
 
         // Support for subscribing to a feed URL
         JLRoutes.global().addRoute("/subscribe/*") { [weak self] parameters -> Bool in
-            guard let strongSelf = self, let controller = SceneHelper.rootViewController(), let subscribeUrl = (parameters[JLRouteURLKey] as? URL)?.absoluteString else { return false }
+            guard
+                let strongSelf = self,
+                let rootController = SceneHelper.rootViewController(includeTopMost: false), //I don't want to consider the top most presented but the main root instead
+                let subscribeUrl = (parameters[JLRouteURLKey] as? URL)?.absoluteString
+            else {
+                return false
+            }
 
             let prefix = "pktc://subscribe/"
             if prefix.count >= subscribeUrl.count { return true } // this request is missing a URL
@@ -179,8 +185,8 @@ extension AppDelegate {
             let searchTerm = !feedUrl.hasPrefix("http://") && !feedUrl.hasPrefix("https://") ? "http://\(feedUrl)" : feedUrl
 
             strongSelf.progressDialog = ShiftyLoadingAlert(title: L10n.podcastLoading)
-            controller.dismiss(animated: false, completion: nil)
-            strongSelf.progressDialog?.showAlert(controller, hasProgress: false, completion: {
+            rootController.dismiss(animated: false, completion: nil)
+            strongSelf.progressDialog?.showAlert(rootController, hasProgress: false, completion: {
                 MainServerHandler.shared.podcastSearch(searchTerm: searchTerm) { response in
                     guard let uuid = response?.result?.podcast?.uuid else {
                         DispatchQueue.main.async {
diff --git a/podcasts/SceneHelper.swift b/podcasts/SceneHelper.swift
index 50a1f867cc..361a574538 100644
--- a/podcasts/SceneHelper.swift
+++ b/podcasts/SceneHelper.swift
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ class SceneHelper {
         return UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
     }
 
-    class func rootViewController() -> UIViewController? {
+    class func rootViewController(includeTopMost: Bool = true) -> UIViewController? {
         let appScene = connectedScene()?.windows.first(where: { $0.rootViewController is MainTabBarController })
         let rootVC = appScene?.rootViewController
-        return rootVC?.topMostPresentedViewController ?? rootVC
+        if includeTopMost {
+            return rootVC?.topMostPresentedViewController ?? rootVC
+        }
+        return rootVC
     }
 
     /// Returns the main window for the app from the AppDelegate