diff --git a/packages/terminal-next/src/browser/links/link-manager.ts b/packages/terminal-next/src/browser/links/link-manager.ts
index b7370a5037..16d32f071a 100644
--- a/packages/terminal-next/src/browser/links/link-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/terminal-next/src/browser/links/link-manager.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ export class TerminalLinkManager extends Disposable {
 
   private _getHomeDirPromise: Promise<string>;
 
+  private _wrappedTextLinkActivateCallback: XtermLinkMatcherHandler;
+
   constructor(private _xterm: Terminal, private _client: TerminalClient) {
     super();
 
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ export class TerminalLinkManager extends Disposable {
 
     // Validated local links
     const wrappedTextLinkActivateCallback = this._wrapLinkHandler((_, link) => this._handleLocalLink(link));
+    this._wrappedTextLinkActivateCallback = wrappedTextLinkActivateCallback;
     const validatedProvider = this.injector.get(TerminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider, [
       this._xterm,
       this._client,
@@ -136,19 +139,21 @@ export class TerminalLinkManager extends Disposable {
       async (link, cb) => cb(await this._resolvePath(link)),
     ]);
     this._standardLinkProviders.push(validatedProvider);
+    this.addTerminalWordLinkProvider();
+    this._registerStandardLinkProviders();
+  }
+
+  public set processCwd(processCwd: string) {
+    this._processCwd = processCwd;
+  }
 
+  public addTerminalWordLinkProvider() {
     const wordLinkProvider = this.injector.get(TerminalWordLinkProvider, [
       this._xterm,
       async (link, cb) => cb(await this._resolvePath(link)),
-      wrappedTextLinkActivateCallback,
+      this._wrappedTextLinkActivateCallback,
     ]);
     this._standardLinkProviders.push(wordLinkProvider);
-
-    this._registerStandardLinkProviders();
-  }
-
-  public set processCwd(processCwd: string) {
-    this._processCwd = processCwd;
   }
 
   // user may change the terminal cwd, so we need to get it from the service