diff --git a/src/core/components/files.js b/src/core/components/files.js
index 400b515473..009e1229ad 100644
--- a/src/core/components/files.js
+++ b/src/core/components/files.js
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ function normalizePath (path) {
   if (Buffer.isBuffer(path)) {
     path = toB58String(path)
   }
+  if (path.indexOf('/ipfs/') === 0) {
+    path = path.substring('/ipfs/'.length)
+  }
   if (path.charAt(path.length - 1) === '/') {
     path = path.substring(0, path.length - 1)
   }