diff --git a/src/Contracts/ActionContracts.ts b/src/Contracts/ActionContracts.ts
index 9d6c9f8a3..aa58da20e 100644
--- a/src/Contracts/ActionContracts.ts
+++ b/src/Contracts/ActionContracts.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export enum PaneKind {
   GlobalSettings,
   AdHocAccess,
   SwitchDirectory,
+  QuickStart,
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/Explorer/OpenActions/OpenActions.tsx b/src/Explorer/OpenActions/OpenActions.tsx
index 382f05dc2..b02a412db 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/OpenActions/OpenActions.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/OpenActions/OpenActions.tsx
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ function openPane(action: ActionContracts.OpenPane, explorer: Explorer) {
     action.paneKind === ActionContracts.PaneKind[ActionContracts.PaneKind.AddCollection]
   ) {
     explorer.onNewCollectionClicked();
+  } else if (
+    action.paneKind === ActionContracts.PaneKind.QuickStart ||
+    action.paneKind === ActionContracts.PaneKind[ActionContracts.PaneKind.QuickStart]
+  ) {
+    explorer.onNewCollectionClicked({ isQuickstart: true });
   } else if (
     action.paneKind === ActionContracts.PaneKind.CassandraAddCollection ||
     action.paneKind === ActionContracts.PaneKind[ActionContracts.PaneKind.CassandraAddCollection]