diff --git a/resources/shared/singlefileresource/singlefileresource.h b/resources/shared/singlefileresource/singlefileresource.h
index f3c19aa..3f41499 100644
--- a/resources/shared/singlefileresource/singlefileresource.h
+++ b/resources/shared/singlefileresource/singlefileresource.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public:
         , mSettings(new Settings(config()))
     {
         // The resource needs network when the path refers to a non local file.
-        setNeedsNetwork(!QUrl(mSettings->path()).isLocalFile());
+        setNeedsNetwork(!QUrl::fromUserInput(mSettings->path()).isLocalFile());
     }
     ~SingleFileResource()
     {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public:
             return;
         }
 
-        mCurrentUrl = QUrl(mSettings->path()); // path already has scheme
+        mCurrentUrl = QUrl::fromUserInput(mSettings->path()); // the string contains the scheme if remote, doesn't if local path
         if (mCurrentHash.isEmpty())
         {
             // First call to readFile() lets see if there is a hash stored in a
--  
