file: is a URL

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
index e5ad207..87bacc1 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class Jalview
 \r
             protocol = "File";\r
 \r
-            if (file.indexOf("http:") > -1)\r
+            if (file.indexOf("http:") > -1 || file.indexOf("file:") >-1)\r
             {\r
               protocol = "URL";\r
             }\r