diff --git a/av98.py b/av98.py
index 299de1c..ba4135c 100755
--- a/av98.py
+++ b/av98.py
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ Bookmarks are stored in the ~/.av98-bookmarks.txt file."""
         else:
             with open(bm_file, "r") as fp:
                 body = fp.read()
-                gi = GeminiItem("file://localhost/" + bm_file)
+                gi = GeminiItem("localhost/" + bm_file)
                 self._handle_index(body, gi)
 
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