diff --git a/AGK/AgkIde/Gui.cpp b/AGK/AgkIde/Gui.cpp
index 9f8fc84f..9d0da995 100644
--- a/AGK/AgkIde/Gui.cpp
+++ b/AGK/AgkIde/Gui.cpp
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void ProcessPreferences(void) {
 			pref.iRememberTabOrder = bTmp;
 			if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) ImGui::SetTooltip("Will remember the order of Visible tabs.\nNon-visible tabs will be in a-z order.");
 
-#ifdef AGK_WINDOWS
+#if defined(AGK_WINDOWS) || defined(AGK_LINUX)
 			bTmp = pref.bBrowserHelp;
 			ImGui::Checkbox("Enable F1 Browser Help", &bTmp);
 			pref.bBrowserHelp = bTmp;
diff --git a/AGK/AgkIde/TextEditor.cpp b/AGK/AgkIde/TextEditor.cpp
index 8ab99abc..f2a1b324 100644
--- a/AGK/AgkIde/TextEditor.cpp
+++ b/AGK/AgkIde/TextEditor.cpp
@@ -933,7 +933,8 @@ void TextEditor::Help( void )
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (strlen(cHelp) < 2)
+	bool bNoCommandHelp = strlen(cHelp) < 2;
+	if (bNoCommandHelp && !pref.bBrowserHelp)
 		return;
 
 	//Try to find help.
@@ -941,10 +942,21 @@ void TextEditor::Help( void )
 
 #ifdef AGK_WINDOWS
 	_getcwd(&curDir[0], MAX_PATH);
+#elif defined(AGK_LINUX)
+	strcpy(curDir, "file://");
+	getcwd(&curDir[7], MAX_PATH - 7);
 #else
 	getcwd(&curDir[0], MAX_PATH);
 #endif
 
+	if (bNoCommandHelp)
+	{
+		strcat(curDir, "/media/Help/home.html");
+
+		agk::OpenBrowser(curDir);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	int index = tolower( char(cHelp[0]) );
 	uString usHelp = cHelp;
 	usHelp.Lower();
@@ -958,19 +970,19 @@ void TextEditor::Help( void )
 				if (sKeyNext->m_cCommandPath.GetLength() > 0 ) {
 					
 					//built in help
-					if (pref.bBrowserHelp == false) {
+					if (!pref.bBrowserHelp) {
 						processhelp((char*)sKeyNext->m_cCommandPath.GetStr(), true);
 						ImGui::SetWindowFocus(ICON_MD_HELP  " Help");
 					}
 					//browser help
 					else {
-						strcat(curDir, "\\");
+						strcat(curDir, "/");
 						strcat(curDir, (char*)sKeyNext->m_cCommandPath.GetStr());
 
 						agk::OpenBrowser(curDir);
 					}
 					
-					break;
+					return;
 				}
 			}
 			sKeyNext = sKeyNext->m_pNext;
@@ -978,6 +990,12 @@ void TextEditor::Help( void )
 
 	}
 
+	if (pref.bBrowserHelp) //failed to find command; use home fallback for browser help
+	{
+		strcat(curDir, "/media/Help/home.html");
+		agk::OpenBrowser(curDir);
+	}
+
 	return;
 }