diff --git a/app-template/config-template.xml b/app-template/config-template.xml
index 62c5321ca..f5f7e82fa 100644
--- a/app-template/config-template.xml
+++ b/app-template/config-template.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
         BitPay Inc.
     </author>
     <content src="index.html" />
-    <access origin="*" />
+    <access launch-external="yes" origin="*" />
+    <preference name="AndroidLaunchMode" value="singleTask" />
     <preference name="AndroidPersistentFileLocation" value="Internal" />
     <preference name="iosPersistentFileLocation" value="Library" />
     <preference name="DisallowOverscroll" value="true"/>