diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.cpp
index 2114289095..d80baf9a7b 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.cpp
@@ -110,11 +110,18 @@ void ScriptCache::getScriptContents(const QString& scriptOrURL, contentAvailable
     QUrl url = ResourceManager::normalizeURL(unnormalizedURL);
 
     // attempt to determine if this is a URL to a script, or if this is actually a script itself (which is valid in the entityScript use case)
-    if (url.scheme().isEmpty() && scriptOrURL.simplified().replace(" ", "").contains("(function(){")) {
+    if (unnormalizedURL.scheme().isEmpty() && scriptOrURL.simplified().replace(" ", "").contains("(function(){")) {
         contentAvailable(scriptOrURL, scriptOrURL, false, true);
         return;
     }
 
+    // give a similar treatment to javacript: urls
+    if (unnormalizedURL.scheme() == "javascript") {
+        QString contents{ scriptOrURL };
+        contents.replace(QRegExp("^javascript:"), "");
+        contentAvailable(scriptOrURL, contents, false, true);
+    }
+
     Lock lock(_containerLock);
     if (_scriptCache.contains(url) && !forceDownload) {
         auto scriptContent = _scriptCache[url];