diff --git a/lib/url.cpp b/lib/url.cpp
index 68b8ea26..1dc89ba5 100644
--- a/lib/url.cpp
+++ b/lib/url.cpp
@@ -211,11 +211,14 @@ std::string HTTP::URL::getFilePath() const{
 
 /// Returns whether the URL is probably pointing to a local file
 bool HTTP::URL::isLocalPath() const{
+  //Anything with a "file" protocol is explicitly a local file
+  if (protocol == "file"){return true;}
+
   // If we have no host, protocol or port we can assume it is a local path
-  if (host.size() || protocol.size() || port.size()){
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
+  if (!host.size() && !protocol.size() && !port.size()){return true;}
+
+  //Anything else is probably not local
+  return false;
 }
 
 /// Returns the URL in string format without auth and frag