diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/editor/editor.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/editor/editor.js
index 3d429697d4..13deab26e9 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/editor/editor.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/editor/editor.js
@@ -324,6 +324,13 @@ class Editor extends Plugin {
    * @param {string} content Content of the document or update.
    */
   open (path, content) {
+    /* 
+      we have the following cases:
+       - URL prepended with "localhost"
+       - URL prepended with "browser"
+       - URL not prepended with the file explorer. We assume (as it is in the whole app, that this is a "browser" URL
+    */
+    if (!path.startsWith('localhost') && !path.startsWith('browser')) path = `browser/${path}`
     if (!this.sessions[path]) {
       const session = this._createSession(content, this._getMode(path))
       this.sessions[path] = session