diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index 78a0ad2d19..960b3c6d90 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ QUrl ScriptEngine::resolvePath(const QString& include) const {
     }
 
     // at this point we should have a legitimate fully qualified URL for our parent
+    qDebug() << "ScriptEngine::resolvePath" << parentURL << url;
     url = expandScriptUrl(parentURL.resolved(url));
     return url;
 }
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp
index aed2d15a1a..3f2e0aa908 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp
@@ -89,13 +89,7 @@ QUrl expandScriptUrl(const QUrl& rawScriptURL) {
 
             // stop something like Script.include(["/~/../Desktop/naughty.js"]); from working
             QFileInfo fileInfo(url.toLocalFile());
-            #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
-            url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(fileInfo.canonicalFilePath().toLower());
-            #elif defined(Q_OS_OSX)
-            url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(fileInfo.canonicalFilePath().toLower());
-            #else
             url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(fileInfo.canonicalFilePath());
-            #endif
 
             QUrl defaultScriptsLoc = defaultScriptsLocation();
             if (!defaultScriptsLoc.isParentOf(url)) {
@@ -105,6 +99,9 @@ QUrl expandScriptUrl(const QUrl& rawScriptURL) {
                                         << defaultScriptsLoc.path();
                 return rawScriptURL;
             }
+            if (rawScriptURL.path().endsWith("/") && !url.path().endsWith("/")) {
+                url.setPath(url.path() + "/");
+            }
             return url;
         }
         return normalizedScriptURL;
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/PathUtils.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/PathUtils.cpp
index 025768908c..954ed2d75a 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/PathUtils.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/PathUtils.cpp
@@ -56,12 +56,15 @@ QString findMostRecentFileExtension(const QString& originalFileName, QVector<QSt
 }
 
 QUrl defaultScriptsLocation() {
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    return QUrl(("file:///" + QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).toLower() + "/scripts");
-#elif defined(Q_OS_OSX)
-    return QUrl(("file://" + QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/../Resources/scripts").toLower());
-#else
     // return "http://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public";
-    return QUrl("file://" + QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/scripts");
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    QString path = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/scripts";
+#elif defined(Q_OS_OSX)
+    QString path = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/../Resources/scripts";
+#else
+    QString path = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/scripts";
 #endif
+
+    QFileInfo fileInfo(path);
+    return QUrl::fromLocalFile(fileInfo.canonicalFilePath());
 }