1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/gmutil.c b/src/gmutil.c
index 2b40367d..e3121b1f 100644
--- a/src/gmutil.c
+++ b/src/gmutil.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ void punyEncodeUrlHost_String(iString *d) {
 }
 
 iString *makeFileUrl_String(const iString *localFilePath) {
-    iString *url = cleaned_Path(localFilePath);
+    iString *url = makeAbsolute_Path(collect_String(cleaned_Path(localFilePath)));
     replace_Block(&url->chars, '\\', '/'); /* in case it's a Windows path */
     set_String(url, collect_String(urlEncodeExclude_String(url, "/:")));
 #if defined (iPlatformMsys)