diff --git a/app/src/handlers/systemhandler.cpp b/app/src/handlers/systemhandler.cpp
index f4325ae1f7cdba903be57966099a4bf112e72fd1..d6f4fb4808cbd33fdf610b7735ec1c715bc61c78 100644
--- a/app/src/handlers/systemhandler.cpp
+++ b/app/src/handlers/systemhandler.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ bool SystemHandler::openUrl(const QString &url) const
 
 QString SystemHandler::desktopEnvironment() const
 {
-    QString desktop = "unknown";
+    QString desktop = "";
     QString currentDesktop = "";
 
     if (!qgetenv("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP").isEmpty()) {