diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed90c4c..9b13cc0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.ionic.libs</groupId>
     <artifactId>ionfiletransfer-android</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-dev-1</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-dev-3</version>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/ionic/libs/ionfiletransferlib/helpers/IONFLTRInputsValidator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/ionic/libs/ionfiletransferlib/helpers/IONFLTRInputsValidator.kt
index 93faaa5..b73258b 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/ionic/libs/ionfiletransferlib/helpers/IONFLTRInputsValidator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/ionic/libs/ionfiletransferlib/helpers/IONFLTRInputsValidator.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.URI
 import java.net.URISyntaxException
+import java.net.URLEncoder
 
 internal class IONFLTRInputsValidator {
 
@@ -36,7 +37,11 @@ internal class IONFLTRInputsValidator {
         return try {
             val resolvedPath: String
             if (path.startsWith("file://")) {
-                val uri = URI(path)
+                val encodedPath = URLEncoder.encode(
+                    path.replace("file://", ""),
+                    Charsets.UTF_8.toString()
+                ).replace("+", "%20")
+                val uri = URI(encodedPath)
                 if (uri.path == null) {
                     return false
                 }