diff --git a/desktop/src/main.ts b/desktop/src/main.ts
index a14fb5d79..a8c94aa30 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ const setupRendererServer = () => serveNextAt(rendererURL);
 const registerPrivilegedSchemes = () => {
     protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged([
         {
+            // Taken verbatim from next-electron-server's code (index.js)
             scheme: "ente",
             privileges: {
                 standard: true,
@@ -125,14 +126,15 @@ const registerPrivilegedSchemes = () => {
         {
             scheme: "stream",
             privileges: {
-                // standard: true,
+                // TODO(MR): Remove the commented bits if we don't end up
+                // needing them by the time the IPC refactoring is done.
+
+                // Prevent the insecure origin issues when fetching this
                 // secure: true,
-                // supportFetchAPI: true,
-                standard: true,
-                secure: true,
-                allowServiceWorkers: true,
+                // Allow the web fetch API in the renderer to use this scheme.
                 supportFetchAPI: true,
-                corsEnabled: true,
+                // Allow it to be used with video tags.
+                // stream: true,
             },
         },
     ]);