diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp
index 8af33c5463..774664f2c8 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp
@@ -17,21 +17,31 @@
 
 #include <SharedUtil.h>
 
-ResourceRequest* ResourceManager::createResourceRequest(QObject* parent, const QUrl& url) {
+QUrl ResourceManager::normalizeURL(const QUrl& url) {
     auto scheme = url.scheme();
+    if (!(scheme == URL_SCHEME_FILE ||
+          scheme == URL_SCHEME_HTTP || scheme == URL_SCHEME_HTTPS || scheme == URL_SCHEME_FTP ||
+          scheme == URL_SCHEME_ATP)) {
+
+        // check the degenerative file case: on windows we can often have urls of the form c:/filename
+        // this checks for and works around that case.
+        QUrl urlWithFileScheme{ URL_SCHEME_FILE + ":///" + url.toString() };
+        if (!urlWithFileScheme.toLocalFile().isEmpty()) {
+            return urlWithFileScheme;
+        }
+    }
+    return url;
+}
+
+ResourceRequest* ResourceManager::createResourceRequest(QObject* parent, const QUrl& url) {
+    auto normalizedURL = normalizeURL(url);
+    auto scheme = normalizedURL.scheme();
     if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_FILE) {
         return new FileResourceRequest(parent, url);
     } else if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_HTTP || scheme == URL_SCHEME_HTTPS || scheme == URL_SCHEME_FTP) {
         return new HTTPResourceRequest(parent, url);
     } else if (scheme == URL_SCHEME_ATP) {
         return new AssetResourceRequest(parent, url);
-    } else {
-        // check the degenerative file case: on windows we can often have urls of the form c:/filename
-        // this checks for and works around that case.
-        QUrl urlWithFileScheme { URL_SCHEME_FILE + ":///" + url.toString() };
-        if (!urlWithFileScheme.toLocalFile().isEmpty()) {
-            return new FileResourceRequest(parent, urlWithFileScheme);
-        }
     }
 
     qDebug() << "Unknown scheme (" << scheme << ") for URL: " << url.url();
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.h b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.h
index 3748036c8e..40b67b1cd1 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const QString URL_SCHEME_ATP = "atp";
 
 class ResourceManager {
 public:
+    static QUrl normalizeURL(const QUrl& url);
     static ResourceRequest* createResourceRequest(QObject* parent, const QUrl& url);
 };
 
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.cpp
index 9e04cd4ec3..38837ec4b9 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ ScriptCache::ScriptCache(QObject* parent) {
     // nothing to do here...
 }
 
-QString ScriptCache::getScript(const QUrl& url, ScriptUser* scriptUser, bool& isPending, bool reload) {
+QString ScriptCache::getScript(const QUrl& unnormalizedURL, ScriptUser* scriptUser, bool& isPending, bool reload) {
+    QUrl url = ResourceManager::normalizeURL(unnormalizedURL);
     QString scriptContents;
     if (_scriptCache.contains(url) && !reload) {
         qCDebug(scriptengine) << "Found script in cache:" << url.toString();
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ QString ScriptCache::getScript(const QUrl& url, ScriptUser* scriptUser, bool& is
     return scriptContents;
 }
 
-void ScriptCache::deleteScript(const QUrl& url) {
+void ScriptCache::deleteScript(const QUrl& unnormalizedURL) {
+    QUrl url = ResourceManager::normalizeURL(unnormalizedURL);
     if (_scriptCache.contains(url)) {
         qCDebug(scriptengine) << "Delete script from cache:" << url.toString();
         _scriptCache.remove(url);
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.h b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.h
index 25a36c04d8..89db5596ba 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.h
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptCache.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ class ScriptCache : public QObject, public Dependency {
     SINGLETON_DEPENDENCY
 
 public:
-    QString getScript(const QUrl& url, ScriptUser* scriptUser, bool& isPending, bool redownload = false);
-    void deleteScript(const QUrl& url);
+    QString getScript(const QUrl& unnormalizedURL, ScriptUser* scriptUser, bool& isPending, bool redownload = false);
+    void deleteScript(const QUrl& unnormalizedURL);
     void addScriptToBadScriptList(const QUrl& url) { _badScripts.insert(url); }
     bool isInBadScriptList(const QUrl& url) { return _badScripts.contains(url); }
     
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index d9adb1f6d2..5c4623f7cf 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -275,8 +275,6 @@ bool ScriptEngine::setScriptContents(const QString& scriptContents, const QStrin
 
 // FIXME - remove the file/url scheme code here and let the script cache handle things
 void ScriptEngine::loadURL(const QUrl& scriptURL, bool reload) {
-    qDebug() << "ScriptEngine::loadURL(" << scriptURL << ", " << reload << ");";
-
     if (_isRunning) {
         return;
     }
@@ -286,39 +284,9 @@ void ScriptEngine::loadURL(const QUrl& scriptURL, bool reload) {
 
     QUrl url(scriptURL);
 
-    // if the scheme length is one or lower, maybe they typed in a file, let's try
-    const int WINDOWS_DRIVE_LETTER_SIZE = 1;
-    if (url.scheme().size() <= WINDOWS_DRIVE_LETTER_SIZE) {
-        url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(_fileNameString);
-    }
-
-    // ok, let's see if it's valid... and if so, load it
-    if (url.isValid()) {
-        if (url.scheme() == "file") {
-            _fileNameString = url.toLocalFile();
-            QFile scriptFile(_fileNameString);
-            if (scriptFile.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text)) {
-                qCDebug(scriptengine) << "ScriptEngine loading file:" << _fileNameString;
-                QTextStream in(&scriptFile);
-                _scriptContents = in.readAll();
-                if (_wantSignals) {
-                    emit scriptLoaded(_fileNameString);
-                }
-            } else {
-                qCDebug(scriptengine) << "ERROR Loading file:" << _fileNameString << "line:" << __LINE__;
-                if (_wantSignals) {
-                    emit errorLoadingScript(_fileNameString);
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            bool isPending;
-            auto scriptCache = DependencyManager::get<ScriptCache>();
-            qDebug() << "calling scriptCache->getScript(" << url << ", " << reload << ");";
-            scriptCache->getScript(url, this, isPending, reload);
-            qDebug() << "    scriptCache->getScript(" << url << ", " << reload << ") ... isPending:" << isPending;
-
-        }
-    }
+    bool isPending;
+    auto scriptCache = DependencyManager::get<ScriptCache>();
+    scriptCache->getScript(url, this, isPending, reload);
 }
 
 void ScriptEngine::scriptContentsAvailable(const QUrl& url, const QString& scriptContents) {