diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3066913..873a6a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Added
 
 * You can now add plain text notes and paste text from the clipboard
 * You can now open bee files from finder on MacOS (by David Andrs)
+* You can now drag bee files onto an empty scene to open them
 
 
 Changed
diff --git a/beeref/fileio/__init__.py b/beeref/fileio/__init__.py
index b6f908c..be90000 100644
--- a/beeref/fileio/__init__.py
+++ b/beeref/fileio/__init__.py
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ from PyQt6 import QtCore
 from beeref import commands
 from beeref.fileio.errors import BeeFileIOError
 from beeref.fileio.image import load_image
-from beeref.fileio.sql import SQLiteIO
+from beeref.fileio.sql import SQLiteIO, is_bee_file
 from beeref.items import BeePixmapItem
 
 
 __all__ = [
+    'is_bee_file',
     'load_bee',
     'save_bee',
     'load_images',
diff --git a/beeref/fileio/sql.py b/beeref/fileio/sql.py
index e78eb98..7ba62d1 100644
--- a/beeref/fileio/sql.py
+++ b/beeref/fileio/sql.py
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ from .schema import SCHEMA, USER_VERSION, MIGRATIONS, APPLICATION_ID
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def is_bee_file(path):
+    """Check wether the file at the given path is a bee file."""
+
+    print(os.path.splitext(path)[1])
+    return os.path.splitext(path)[1] == '.bee'
+
+
 def handle_sqlite_errors(func):
     def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
diff --git a/beeref/view.py b/beeref/view.py
index 5b1fcb9..4f7c3c2 100644
--- a/beeref/view.py
+++ b/beeref/view.py
@@ -676,6 +676,14 @@ class BeeGraphicsView(QtWidgets.QGraphicsView, ActionsMixin):
         pos = QtCore.QPoint(round(event.position().x()),
                             round(event.position().y()))
         if mimedata.hasUrls():
+            logger.debug(f'Found dropped urls: {mimedata.urls()}')
+            if not self.scene.items():
+                # Check if we have a bee file we can open directly
+                path = mimedata.urls()[0]
+                if (path.isLocalFile()
+                        and fileio.is_bee_file(path.toLocalFile())):
+                    self.open_from_file(path.toLocalFile())
+                    return
             self.do_insert_images(mimedata.urls(), pos)
         elif mimedata.hasImage():
             img = QtGui.QImage(mimedata.imageData())
diff --git a/tests/fileio/test_sql.py b/tests/fileio/test_sql.py
index c8cbd88..a7e9b65 100644
--- a/tests/fileio/test_sql.py
+++ b/tests/fileio/test_sql.py
@@ -7,12 +7,20 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 from PyQt6 import QtGui
 import pytest
 
-from beeref.fileio import schema
+from beeref.fileio import schema, is_bee_file
 from beeref.fileio.errors import BeeFileIOError
 from beeref.fileio.sql import SQLiteIO
 from beeref.items import BeePixmapItem, BeeTextItem
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('filename,expected',
+                         [(os.path.join('foo', 'bar.bee'), True),
+                          (os.path.join('foo', 'bar.png'), False),
+                          (os.path.join('foo', 'bar'), False)])
+def test_is_bee_file(filename, expected):
+    assert is_bee_file(filename) is expected
+
+
 def test_sqliteio_migrate_does_nothing_when_version_ok(tmpfile):
     io = SQLiteIO(tmpfile, MagicMock(), create_new=True)
     io.ex('PRAGMA user_version=%s' % schema.USER_VERSION)
diff --git a/tests/test_view.py b/tests/test_view.py
index 6c3ca36..8a73301 100644
--- a/tests/test_view.py
+++ b/tests/test_view.py
@@ -811,8 +811,7 @@ def test_drag_move(view):
 
 @patch('beeref.view.BeeGraphicsView.do_insert_images')
 def test_drop_when_url(insert_mock, view, imgfilename3x3):
-    url = QtCore.QUrl()
-    url.fromLocalFile(imgfilename3x3)
+    url = QtCore.QUrl.fromLocalFile(imgfilename3x3)
     mimedata = QtCore.QMimeData()
     mimedata.setUrls([url])
     event = MagicMock()
@@ -823,6 +822,39 @@ def test_drop_when_url(insert_mock, view, imgfilename3x3):
     insert_mock.assert_called_once_with([url], QtCore.QPoint(10, 20))
 
 
+@patch('beeref.view.BeeGraphicsView.open_from_file')
+def test_drop_when_url_beefile_and_scene_empty(open_mock, view):
+    root = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+    filename = os.path.join(root, 'assets', 'test1item.bee')
+    url = QtCore.QUrl.fromLocalFile(filename)
+    mimedata = QtCore.QMimeData()
+    mimedata.setUrls([url])
+    event = MagicMock()
+    event.mimeData.return_value = mimedata
+    event.position.return_value = QtCore.QPointF(10, 20)
+
+    view.dropEvent(event)
+    open_mock.assert_called_once_with(filename)
+
+
+@patch('beeref.view.BeeGraphicsView.do_insert_images')
+@patch('beeref.view.BeeGraphicsView.open_from_file')
+def test_drop_when_url_beefile_and_scene_not_empty(
+        open_mock, insert_mock, view, item):
+    view.scene.addItem(item)
+    root = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+    filename = os.path.join(root, 'assets', 'test1item.bee')
+    url = QtCore.QUrl.fromLocalFile(filename)
+    mimedata = QtCore.QMimeData()
+    mimedata.setUrls([url])
+    event = MagicMock()
+    event.mimeData.return_value = mimedata
+    event.position.return_value = QtCore.QPointF(10, 20)
+
+    view.dropEvent(event)
+    open_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+
 def test_drop_when_img(view, imgfilename3x3):
     mimedata = QtCore.QMimeData()
     mimedata.setImageData(QtGui.QImage(imgfilename3x3))