diff --git a/AppDir/bin/cli-router.hook b/AppDir/bin/cli-router.hook
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..160270d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AppDir/bin/cli-router.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# when run in remote terminal, use the remote cli
+if [ -n "$VSCODE_IPC_HOOK_CLI" ]; then
+	REMOTE_CLI=""
+	_IFS=$IFS
+	IFS=:
+	for d in $PATH; do
+		case "$d" in
+			*/remote-cli/*)
+				if REMOTE_CLI=$(PATH=$d command -v code); then
+					break
+				fi
+				;;
+		esac
+	done
+	IFS=$_IFS
+	if [ -n "$REMOTE_CLI" ]; then
+		"$REMOTE_CLI" "$@"
+		exit $?
+	fi
+fi
+
+# test that VSCode wasn't installed inside WSL
+if grep -qi Microsoft /proc/version && [ -z "$DONT_PROMPT_WSL_INSTALL" ]; then
+	echo "To use VS Code with the Windows Subsystem for Linux, please install VS Code in Windows and uninstall the Linux version in WSL. You can then use the \`code\` command in a WSL terminal just as you would in a normal command prompt." 1>&2
+	printf "Do you want to continue anyway? [y/N] " 1>&2
+	read -r YN
+	case "$YN" in
+		y|Y|yes|Yes|YES) :;;
+		*) exit 1;;
+	esac
+	echo "To no longer see this prompt, start VS Code with the environment variable DONT_PROMPT_WSL_INSTALL defined." 1>&2
+fi
+
+# If root, ensure that --user-data-dir or --file-write is specified
+if [ "$APPIMAGE_UID" = 0 ]; then
+	for i do
+		case "$i" in
+			--user-data-dir|--user-data-dir=*|--file-write|tunnel|serve-web)
+				CAN_LAUNCH_AS_ROOT=1
+				;;
+		esac
+	done
+	if [ -z "$CAN_LAUNCH_AS_ROOT" ]; then
+		echo "You are trying to start VS Code as a super user which isn't recommended. If this was intended, please add the argument \`--no-sandbox\` and specify an alternate user data directory using the \`--user-data-dir\` argument." 1>&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+ELECTRON=$APPDIR/bin/code
+CLI=$APPDIR/bin/resources/app/out/cli.js
+ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 "$ELECTRON" "$CLI" "$@"
+exit $?
diff --git a/get-dependencies.sh b/get-dependencies.sh
index e42dd73..686285a 100644
--- a/get-dependencies.sh
+++ b/get-dependencies.sh
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ sed -i \
 	./AppDir/code.desktop ./AppDir/share/applications/code-url-handler.desktop
 
 # not needed
-rm -rf ./AppDir/bin/resources/app/node_modules/@github/copilot-linuxmusl-x64
\ No newline at end of file
+rm -rf ./AppDir/bin/resources/app/node_modules/@github/copilot-linuxmusl-x64