diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 else()
     set(KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.42.0")
     set(QT_MIN_VERSION "5.7.0")
-    set(KF5_REQUIRED_COMPONENTS I18n ConfigWidgets DBusAddons IconThemes Notifications KIO KCMUtils)
+    set(KF5_REQUIRED_COMPONENTS I18n ConfigWidgets DBusAddons IconThemes Notifications KIO KCMUtils Service)
     set(KF5_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS DocTools)
     if(UNIX)
         set(KF5_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS ${KF5_OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS} PulseAudioQt Runner)
diff --git a/plugins/share/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/share/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugins/share/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/share/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     KF5::Notifications
     KF5::I18n
     KF5::KIOWidgets
+    KF5::Service
 )
 
 #######################################
diff --git a/plugins/share/shareplugin.cpp b/plugins/share/shareplugin.cpp
--- a/plugins/share/shareplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/share/shareplugin.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <KJobTrackerInterface>
 #include <KPluginFactory>
 #include <KIO/MkpathJob>
+#include <KMimeTypeTrader>
 
 #include "core/filetransferjob.h"
 
@@ -121,14 +122,19 @@
         }
     } else if (np.has(QStringLiteral("text"))) {
         QString text = np.get<QString>(QStringLiteral("text"));
-        if (!QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("kate")).isEmpty()) {
+
+        KService::Ptr service = KMimeTypeTrader::self()->preferredService(QStringLiteral("text/plain"));
+        const QString defaultApp = service ? service->desktopEntryName() : QString();
+
+        if (defaultApp == QLatin1String("org.kde.kate") || defaultApp == QLatin1String("org.kde.kwrite")) {
             QProcess* proc = new QProcess();
             connect(proc, SIGNAL(finished(int)), proc, SLOT(deleteLater()));
-            proc->start(QStringLiteral("kate"), QStringList(QStringLiteral("--stdin")));
+            proc->start(defaultApp.section('.', 2,2), QStringList(QStringLiteral("--stdin")));
             proc->write(text.toUtf8());
             proc->closeWriteChannel();
         } else {
             QTemporaryFile tmpFile;
+            tmpFile.setFileTemplate(QStringLiteral("kdeconnect-XXXXXX.txt"));
             tmpFile.setAutoRemove(false);
             tmpFile.open();
             tmpFile.write(text.toUtf8());