diff --git a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/networking/vpn/mod.rs b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/networking/vpn/mod.rs
index 34c35db..bc902fa 100644
--- a/cosmic-settings/src/pages/networking/vpn/mod.rs
+++ b/cosmic-settings/src/pages/networking/vpn/mod.rs
@@ -998,7 +998,8 @@ fn add_network() -> Task<crate::app::Message> {
 
                         return Message::AddWireGuardDevice(device, filename.to_owned(), path);
                     } else {
-                        super::nm_add_vpn_file("openvpn", response.url().path()).await
+                        super::nm_add_vpn_file("openvpn", response.url().to_file_path().unwrap())
+                            .await
                     };
 
                     match result {