diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.ts b/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.ts
index f5facd80942..8ef9aca345e 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/remixAppManager.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ let requiredModules = [
   'remixAID',
   'remixaiassistant',
   'topbar',
-  'githubAuthHandler'
+  'githubAuthHandler',
+  'desktopClient'
 ]
 
 // dependentModules shouldn't be manually activated (e.g hardhat is activated by remixd)