diff --git a/src/jsonio.cpp b/src/jsonio.cpp
index 4c8e8d71768e8c627b757d1623c5b0b61ededb85..032a240897851fe06bb809765fc65b305064ba37 100644
--- a/src/jsonio.cpp
+++ b/src/jsonio.cpp
@@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ JsonIO::JsonIO(SqlVehicle* vehicles, SqlServiceRecord* records, QObject* parent)
 
 bool JsonIO::importCarfaxJsonToDB(QString fileLocation)
 {
-    QFile file(QUrl(fileLocation).toLocalFile());
-    file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+    QUrl url(fileLocation);
+    QFile *file;
+    if(url.scheme() == "file") {
+        file = new QFile(url.toLocalFile());
+    } else {
+        file = new QFile(url.toString());
+    }
+    file->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
     QString jsonContent;
-    jsonContent = file.readAll();
-    file.close();
+    jsonContent = file->readAll();
+    file->close();
     QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(jsonContent.toUtf8());
     QJsonObject root = doc.object();
     if(root.contains("vehicle")) {