diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/datatree/LinuxFileUrlHandler.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/datatree/LinuxFileUrlHandler.java
index 6455350acc..19050e5123 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/datatree/LinuxFileUrlHandler.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/datatree/LinuxFileUrlHandler.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public final class LinuxFileUrlHandler extends AbstractFileListFlavorHandler {
 
 		return toFiles(transferData, s -> {
 			try {
-				return new File(new URL(s).toURI());
+				return new File(new URL(s.replaceAll(" ", "%20")).toURI()); // fixup spaces
 			}
 			catch (MalformedURLException e) {
 				// this could be the case that this handler is attempting to process an arbitrary