diff --git a/gramps/src/GenericFilter.py b/gramps/src/GenericFilter.py
index 449019cc1..61d373f49 100644
--- a/gramps/src/GenericFilter.py
+++ b/gramps/src/GenericFilter.py
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ class GenericFilterList:
         try:
             parser = make_parser()
             parser.setContentHandler(FilterParser(self))
-            parser.parse(self.file)
+            parser.parse('file://' + self.file)
         except (IOError,OSError,SAXParseException):
             pass
 
diff --git a/gramps/src/Report.py b/gramps/src/Report.py
index c0315e954..97d8be28f 100644
--- a/gramps/src/Report.py
+++ b/gramps/src/Report.py
@@ -1077,11 +1077,11 @@ try:
     parser = make_parser()
     path = const.template_dir
     parser.setContentHandler(TemplateParser(_template_map,path))
-    parser.parse("%s/templates.xml" % path)
+    parser.parse("file://%s/templates.xml" % path)
     parser = make_parser()
     path = os.path.expanduser("~/.gramps/templates")
     parser.setContentHandler(TemplateParser(_template_map,path))
-    parser.parse("%s/templates.xml" % path)
+    parser.parse("file://%s/templates.xml" % path)
 except (IOError,OSError,SAXParseException):
     pass