2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1a7038c..c73601a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 Release history for lariza
 
+next
+  [Fixed]
+  - Automatically adding the "file://" prefix didn't work (reliably) if
+    a message was sent to an already running instance.
+
 v17.02  2017-02-16
   [Fixed]
   - As requested by WebKit's API documentation, we now wait for the
diff --git a/browser.c b/browser.c
index a4391dc..112c698 100644
--- a/browser.c
+++ b/browser.c
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ client_new(const gchar *uri, WebKitWebView *related_wv, gboolean show)
 
     if (uri != NULL && cooperative_instances && !cooperative_alone)
     {
-        write(cooperative_pipe_fp, uri, strlen(uri));
+        f = ensure_uri_scheme(uri);
+        write(cooperative_pipe_fp, f, strlen(f));
         write(cooperative_pipe_fp, "\n", 1);
+        g_free(f);
         return NULL;
     }