diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableWebEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableWebEntityItem.cpp
index 793b4aa158..bc9ac84c91 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableWebEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableWebEntityItem.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ WebEntityRenderer::ContentType WebEntityRenderer::getContentType(const QString&
     }
 
     const QUrl url(urlString);
-    if (url.scheme() == URL_SCHEME_HTTP || url.scheme() == URL_SCHEME_HTTPS ||
+    auto scheme = url.scheme();
+    if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_ABOUT || scheme == URL_SCHEME_HTTP || scheme == URL_SCHEME_HTTPS ||
         urlString.toLower().endsWith(".htm") || urlString.toLower().endsWith(".html")) {
         return ContentType::HtmlContent;
     }
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/NetworkingConstants.h b/libraries/networking/src/NetworkingConstants.h
index 8eb1e71ed6..31ff6da873 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/NetworkingConstants.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/NetworkingConstants.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace NetworkingConstants {
     QUrl METAVERSE_SERVER_URL();
 }
 
+const QString URL_SCHEME_ABOUT = "about";
 const QString URL_SCHEME_HIFI = "hifi";
 const QString URL_SCHEME_QRC = "qrc";
 const QString URL_SCHEME_FILE = "file";