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diff --git a/src/jalview/io/AppletFormatAdapter.java b/src/jalview/io/AppletFormatAdapter.java
index c5a80e3..907ff46 100755
--- a/src/jalview/io/AppletFormatAdapter.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/AppletFormatAdapter.java
@@ -407,15 +407,26 @@ public class AppletFormatAdapter
     return null;
   }
 
-  public static DataSourceType checkProtocol(String file)
+  /**
+   * Determines the protocol (i.e DataSourceType.{FILE|PASTE|URL}) for the input
+   * data
+   *
+   * @param data
+   * @return the protocol for the input data
+   */
+  public static DataSourceType checkProtocol(String data)
   {
-    DataSourceType protocol = DataSourceType.FILE;
-    String ft = file.toLowerCase().trim();
+    DataSourceType protocol = DataSourceType.PASTE;
+    String ft = data.toLowerCase().trim();
     if (ft.indexOf("http:") == 0 || ft.indexOf("https:") == 0
             || ft.indexOf("file:") == 0)
     {
       protocol = DataSourceType.URL;
     }
+    else if (new File(data).exists())
+    {
+      protocol = DataSourceType.FILE;
+    }
     return protocol;
   }