diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 9fb821bff4..3ec5588c61 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -3492,9 +3492,8 @@ ScriptEngine* Application::loadScript(const QString& scriptName, bool loadScript
         scriptEngine = new ScriptEngine(NO_SCRIPT, "", &_controllerScriptingInterface);
     } else {
         // start the script on a new thread...
-        QUrl scriptUrl(scriptName);
-        scriptEngine = new ScriptEngine(scriptUrl, &_controllerScriptingInterface);
-        _scriptEnginesHash.insert(scriptUrl.toString(), scriptEngine);
+        scriptEngine = new ScriptEngine(scriptName, &_controllerScriptingInterface);
+        _scriptEnginesHash.insert(scriptName, scriptEngine);
 
         if (!scriptEngine->hasScript()) {
             qDebug() << "Application::loadScript(), script failed to load...";
diff --git a/libraries/particles/src/Particle.cpp b/libraries/particles/src/Particle.cpp
index 59265c00dc..90e59b9422 100644
--- a/libraries/particles/src/Particle.cpp
+++ b/libraries/particles/src/Particle.cpp
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ void Particle::endParticleScriptContext(ScriptEngine& engine, ParticleScriptObje
 void Particle::executeUpdateScripts() {
     // Only run this particle script if there's a script attached directly to the particle.
     if (!_script.isEmpty()) {
-        ScriptEngine engine(_script);
+        ScriptEngine engine(_script, QString(""));
         ParticleScriptObject particleScriptable(this);
         startParticleScriptContext(engine, particleScriptable);
         particleScriptable.emitUpdate();
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ void Particle::executeUpdateScripts() {
 void Particle::collisionWithParticle(Particle* other, const glm::vec3& penetration) {
     // Only run this particle script if there's a script attached directly to the particle.
     if (!_script.isEmpty()) {
-        ScriptEngine engine(_script);
+        ScriptEngine engine(_script, QString(""));
         ParticleScriptObject particleScriptable(this);
         startParticleScriptContext(engine, particleScriptable);
         ParticleScriptObject otherParticleScriptable(other);
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ void Particle::collisionWithParticle(Particle* other, const glm::vec3& penetrati
 void Particle::collisionWithVoxel(VoxelDetail* voxelDetails, const glm::vec3& penetration) {
     // Only run this particle script if there's a script attached directly to the particle.
     if (!_script.isEmpty()) {
-        ScriptEngine engine(_script);
+        ScriptEngine engine(_script, QString(""));
         ParticleScriptObject particleScriptable(this);
         startParticleScriptContext(engine, particleScriptable);
         particleScriptable.emitCollisionWithVoxel(*voxelDetails, penetration);
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index a4aae61248..025f316d29 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ScriptEngine::ScriptEngine(const QString& scriptContents, const QString& fileNam
 {
 }
 
-ScriptEngine::ScriptEngine(const QUrl& scriptURL,
+ScriptEngine::ScriptEngine(const QString& fileNameString,
                            AbstractControllerScriptingInterface* controllerScriptingInterface)  :
     _scriptContents(),
     _isFinished(false),
@@ -110,21 +110,19 @@ ScriptEngine::ScriptEngine(const QUrl& scriptURL,
     _controllerScriptingInterface(controllerScriptingInterface),
     _avatarData(NULL),
     _scriptName(),
-    _fileNameString(),
+    _fileNameString(fileNameString),
     _quatLibrary(),
     _vec3Library(),
     _uuidLibrary(),
     _animationCache(this)
 {
-    QString scriptURLString = scriptURL.toString();
-    _fileNameString = scriptURLString;
-
-    QUrl url(scriptURL);
+    QUrl url(fileNameString);
+    QString scriptUrlString = url.toString();
 
     // 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(scriptURLString);
+        url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(scriptUrlString);
     }
 
     // ok, let's see if it's valid... and if so, load it
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
index bf2ac40568..f88017515e 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const unsigned int SCRIPT_DATA_CALLBACK_USECS = floor(((1.0 / 60.0f) * 1000 * 10
 class ScriptEngine : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    ScriptEngine(const QUrl& scriptURL,
+    ScriptEngine(const QString& fileNameString,
                  AbstractControllerScriptingInterface* controllerScriptingInterface = NULL);
 
     ScriptEngine(const QString& scriptContents = NO_SCRIPT,