diff --git a/core/src/tag_utils.rs b/core/src/tag_utils.rs
index e6fdbc834..522ba80be 100644
--- a/core/src/tag_utils.rs
+++ b/core/src/tag_utils.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::backend::navigator::url_from_relative_path;
 use gc_arena::Collect;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -53,7 +54,12 @@ impl SwfMovie {
 
     /// Utility method to construct a movie from a file on disk.
     pub fn from_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let url = path.as_ref().to_string_lossy().to_owned().to_string();
+        let mut url = path.as_ref().to_string_lossy().to_owned().to_string();
+        let cwd = std::env::current_dir()?;
+        if let Ok(abs_url) = url_from_relative_path(cwd, &url) {
+            url = abs_url.into_string();
+        }
+
         let data = std::fs::read(path)?;
         Self::from_data(&data, Some(url))
     }