X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FFileLoader.java;h=f244d14a12500d827f88fe1dc11aefdf5c25382c;hb=59d9dfb7b746fcc396af9b572b40636028df9fed;hp=390e8cd3360f9dee5856d82c0e53a1472a8104d5;hpb=962217a2b1ded38f78ff36d1875253caa04b0060;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java b/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java
index 390e8cd..f244d14 100755
--- a/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/FileLoader.java
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ public class FileLoader implements Runnable
                   "IMPLEMENTATION ERROR: Cannot read consecutive Jalview XML projects from a stream.");
           // We read the data anyway - it might make sense.
         }
-        alignFrame = new Jalview2XML(raiseGUI).loadJalviewAlign(file);
+        // BH 2018 switch to File object here instead of filename
+        alignFrame = new Jalview2XML(raiseGUI).loadJalviewAlign(selectedFile == null ? file : selectedFile);
       }
       else
       {