diff --git a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
index 9e186edfa..80f115929 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             const QString path(QDir::toNativeSeparators(CDirectoryUtils::getLogDirectory()));
             if (QDir(path).exists())
             {
-                QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("file:///" + path));
+                QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(path));
             }
         });
         Q_ASSERT_X(c, Q_FUNC_INFO, "Connect failed");