diff --git a/midori/main.c b/midori/main.c
index deda05fa..7345dcb4 100644
--- a/midori/main.c
+++ b/midori/main.c
@@ -1513,9 +1513,7 @@ midori_prepare_uri (const gchar *uri)
 {
     gchar* uri_ready;
 
-    if (g_path_is_absolute (uri))
-        return g_filename_to_uri (uri, NULL, NULL);
-    else if (g_str_has_prefix(uri, "javascript:"))
+    if (g_str_has_prefix(uri, "javascript:"))
         return NULL;
     else if (g_file_test (uri, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS | G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR))
     {
diff --git a/midori/sokoke.c b/midori/sokoke.c
index 23a97b1d..b25a3dd0 100644
--- a/midori/sokoke.c
+++ b/midori/sokoke.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ sokoke_magic_uri (const gchar* uri)
 
     /* Add file:// if we have a local path */
     if (g_path_is_absolute (uri))
-        return g_strconcat ("file://", uri, NULL);
+        return g_filename_to_uri (uri, NULL, NULL);
     /* Parse geo URI geo:48.202778,16.368472;crs=wgs84;u=40 as a location */
     if (!strncmp (uri, "geo:", 4))
     {