diff --git a/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/recipe.toml
index b676f890c..2db5ce321 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/recipe.toml
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ cookbook_cmake
 patchelf --replace-needed "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/libsqlite3.so" "libsqlite3.so" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so"
 patchelf --replace-needed "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/libsqlite3.so" "libsqlite3.so" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.1/MiniBrowser"
 mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/applications"
-ln -sr "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.1/MiniBrowser" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/MiniBrowser"
 cp "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/webkit.desktop" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/applications/webkit.desktop"
+cp "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/webkit.sh" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/webkit"
 """
 
 [package]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/webkit.desktop b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/webkit.desktop
index b3c4fd074..43aab7b08 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/webkit.desktop
+++ b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/webkit.desktop
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
 Name=WebKit
 Comment=WebKit GTK Browser
-Exec=MiniBrowser
+Exec=webkit
 Icon=/usr/share/ui/icons/apps/internet-web-browser.png
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
diff --git a/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/webkit.sh b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/webkit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a152e5346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/web/webkitgtk3/webkit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SCHEMA_DIR="/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
+COMPILED_SCHEMA="$SCHEMA_DIR/gschemas.compiled"
+
+if [ ! -f "$COMPILED_SCHEMA" ]; then
+    echo "GSettings schemas are not compiled. Please run"
+    echo "sudo glib-compile-schemas $SCHEMA_DIR"
+    # otherwise css layout will be broken
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# TODO: why?
+export GTK_DEBUG=interactive
+# TODO: plugin scanner parsing failure
+export GST_REGISTRY_DISABLE=yes
+
+exec /usr/libexec/webkit2gtk-4.1/MiniBrowser