diff --git a/src/imagefoldermodel.h b/src/imagefoldermodel.h
--- a/src/imagefoldermodel.h
+++ b/src/imagefoldermodel.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
     QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames() const override;
 
-    void setUrl(const QString& url);
+    void setUrl(QString& url);
     QString url() const;
 
     QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const;
diff --git a/src/imagefoldermodel.cpp b/src/imagefoldermodel.cpp
--- a/src/imagefoldermodel.cpp
+++ b/src/imagefoldermodel.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QMimeDatabase>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
-#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QDir>
 
 #include <kdirlister.h>
 #include <KIO/EmptyTrashJob>
@@ -76,20 +76,25 @@
     return dirLister()->url().toString();
 }
 
-void ImageFolderModel::setUrl(const QString& url)
+void ImageFolderModel::setUrl(QString& url)
 {
+    qDebug() << "setting url" << url;
     if (url.isEmpty()) {
         return;
     }
     
+    if( url.startsWith("file://")) {
+        url = url.remove(0,7);
+    }
+    
     QString directoryUrl;
     
-    if( !QFileInfo(url).isDir()) {
+    if( QDir(url).exists()) {
+        directoryUrl = "file://" + url;
+    } else {
         m_imagePath = url;
-        directoryUrl = url.left(url.lastIndexOf('/'));
+        directoryUrl = "file://" + url.left(url.lastIndexOf('/'));
         emit showImageViewer( indexForUrl(m_imagePath));
-    } else {
-        directoryUrl = "file://" + url;
     }
     
     if (dirLister()->url().path() == directoryUrl) {