diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 4d3301e..d6193fb 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -924,7 +924,8 @@ class RequestInterceptor : public QWebEngineUrlRequestInterceptor
         if (newPath.startsWith("file://")) {
             newPath = newPath.mid(7);
 #if defined(Q_OS_WINDOWS)
-            newPath = newPath.mid(1); // Strip one more /
+            if (newPath[0] == '/')
+                newPath = newPath.mid(1); // Strip one more /
 #endif
         }
 
diff --git a/main.qml b/main.qml
index 1856d07..b4f97c8 100644
--- a/main.qml
+++ b/main.qml
@@ -364,7 +364,12 @@ ApplicationWindow {
     }
 
     function deUrlizePath(path) {
-        return path.slice(7) // strip file://
+        path = path.slice(7) // strip file://
+        if (Qt.platform.os === "windows" &&
+                path[0] === '/') {
+            path = path.slice(1)
+        }
+        return path
     }
 
     function isCurrentVideoAdded(key, trigger) {