diff --git a/src/app/compiler.js b/src/app/compiler.js
index ad1a99a383..a925e002b3 100644
--- a/src/app/compiler.js
+++ b/src/app/compiler.js
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ function Compiler (editor, handleGithubCall) {
       jobs.push({sources: source});
       worker.postMessage({cmd: 'compile', job: jobs.length - 1, source: JSON.stringify(source), optimize: optimize});
     };
+    if (!url.startsWith('http') && !url.startsWith('file')) {
+      var loc = window.document.location;
+      var locStr = loc.protocol + '//' + loc.host + '/' + loc.pathname;
+      if (!locStr.endsWith('/'))
+        locStr += '/';
+      url = locStr + url;
+    }
     worker.postMessage({cmd: 'loadVersion', data: url});
   }