diff --git a/lib/src/core/modules/model_viewer/model_viewer_mobile.dart b/lib/src/core/modules/model_viewer/model_viewer_mobile.dart
index f589f0c..e20e1ab 100644
--- a/lib/src/core/modules/model_viewer/model_viewer_mobile.dart
+++ b/lib/src/core/modules/model_viewer/model_viewer_mobile.dart
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class ModelViewerState extends State<ModelViewer> {
             await response.redirect(url);
           } else {
             final data = await (url.isScheme('file')
-                ? _readFile(url.path)
+                ? _readFile(url)
                 : _readAsset(url.path));
             response
               ..statusCode = HttpStatus.ok
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ class ModelViewerState extends State<ModelViewer> {
     return data.buffer.asUint8List(data.offsetInBytes, data.lengthInBytes);
   }
 
-  Future<Uint8List> _readFile(final String path) async {
-    return File(path).readAsBytes();
+  Future<Uint8List> _readFile(final Uri uri) async {
+    return File.fromUri(uri).readAsBytes();
   }
 
   String _buildHTML(String htmlTemplate) {