diff --git a/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle b/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
index 837cd452..0929acbc 100644
--- a/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/capacitor.build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ android {
 
 apply from: "../capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/cordova.variables.gradle"
 dependencies {
-
+    implementation project(':capacitor-app')
 
 }
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/assets/capacitor.plugins.json b/android/app/src/main/assets/capacitor.plugins.json
index fe51488c..21a0521e 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/assets/capacitor.plugins.json
+++ b/android/app/src/main/assets/capacitor.plugins.json
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-[]
+[
+	{
+		"pkg": "@capacitor/app",
+		"classpath": "com.capacitorjs.plugins.app.AppPlugin"
+	}
+]
diff --git a/android/capacitor.settings.gradle b/android/capacitor.settings.gradle
index 9a5fa872..2085c863 100644
--- a/android/capacitor.settings.gradle
+++ b/android/capacitor.settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 // DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! IT IS GENERATED EACH TIME "capacitor update" IS RUN
 include ':capacitor-android'
 project(':capacitor-android').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@capacitor/android/capacitor')
+
+include ':capacitor-app'
+project(':capacitor-app').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@capacitor/app/android')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36e4ccc7..ebe49ab3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.11",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
+    "@capacitor/app": "1.1.1",
     "@babel/core": "7.21.3",
     "@babel/plugin-syntax-flow": "7.18.6",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx": "7.21.0",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 9b9cab20..3c1373b6 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import App from './App';
 import { HelmetProvider } from 'react-helmet-async';
 import { HashRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import * as serviceWorkerRegistration from './serviceWorkerRegistration';
+import { App as CapacitorApp } from '@capacitor/app';
 
 import PlebbitJs from '@plebbit/plebbit-js';
 // inject native functions into renderer
@@ -24,4 +25,13 @@ root.render(
 );
 
 // set up PWA https://cra.link/PWA
-serviceWorkerRegistration.register();
\ No newline at end of file
+serviceWorkerRegistration.register();
+
+// add back button in android app
+CapacitorApp.addListener('backButton', ({canGoBack}) => {
+  if (canGoBack) {
+    window.history.back();
+  } else {
+    CapacitorApp.exitApp();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 15cadb0b..92299548 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1229,6 +1229,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@capacitor/android/-/android-3.6.0.tgz#60438a0614415c7c242dda48a031cd45335e067a"
   integrity sha512-X6n0OLy7BE3c6qfVuL7UYyq/aIwEsqIAqtyDOwMdj5k+P1rLQVsGaWERXUtC0BGeoKBD5YgbWiyKwAwg5Spjdg==
 
+"@capacitor/app@1.1.1":
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@capacitor/app/-/app-1.1.1.tgz#bde7202faad1b47c4ae2c4a622285d7569384c5e"
+  integrity sha512-8ADkldHnoE1xkWvPUsGlERVGm6/Zvcxy6hCI80AxydIKyaCG7kbDAvUclebbnw/eFRxj2zBoVatGLjmJNvTbYw==
+
 "@capacitor/cli@3.6.0":
   version "3.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@capacitor/cli/-/cli-3.6.0.tgz#31c07f364828e750d20a8e6bb2d516f0d21be81d"