diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index c904062507..8bbb9a3e2c 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ static QScriptValue debugPrint(QScriptContext* context, QScriptEngine* engine) {
         }
         message += context->argument(i).toString();
     }
-    qCDebug(scriptengineScript).noquote() << "script:print()<<" << message;  // noquote() so that \n is treated as newline
+    qCDebug(scriptengineScript).noquote() << message;  // noquote() so that \n is treated as newline
 
-    // FIXME - this approach neeeds revisiting. print() comes here, which ends up calling Script.print?
-    engine->globalObject().property("Script").property("print")
-        .call(engine->nullValue(), QScriptValueList({ message }));
+    if (ScriptEngine *scriptEngine = qobject_cast<ScriptEngine*>(engine)) {
+        scriptEngine->print(message);
+    }
 
     return QScriptValue();
 }
@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ void ScriptEngine::scriptInfoMessage(const QString& message) {
     emit infoMessage(message, getFilename());
 }
 
+void ScriptEngine::scriptPrintedMessage(const QString& message) {
+    qCDebug(scriptengine) << message;
+    emit printedMessage(message, getFilename());
+}
+
 // Even though we never pass AnimVariantMap directly to and from javascript, the queued invokeMethod of
 // callAnimationStateHandler requires that the type be registered.
 // These two are meaningful, if we ever do want to use them...
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
index 5ea8d052e9..6188f24d71 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.h
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ public:
     void scriptErrorMessage(const QString& message);
     void scriptWarningMessage(const QString& message);
     void scriptInfoMessage(const QString& message);
+    void scriptPrintedMessage(const QString& message);
 
     int getNumRunningEntityScripts() const;
     bool getEntityScriptDetails(const EntityItemID& entityID, EntityScriptDetails &details) const;
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp
index 88b0e0b7b5..2076657288 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ ScriptEngine* ScriptEngines::loadScript(const QUrl& scriptFilename, bool isUserL
         (scriptFilename.scheme() != "http" &&
          scriptFilename.scheme() != "https" &&
          scriptFilename.scheme() != "atp" &&
-         scriptFilename.scheme() != "file")) {
+         scriptFilename.scheme() != "file" &&
+         scriptFilename.scheme() != "about")) {
         // deal with a "url" like c:/something
         scriptUrl = normalizeScriptURL(QUrl::fromLocalFile(scriptFilename.toString()));
     } else {
@@ -472,7 +473,7 @@ ScriptEngine* ScriptEngines::loadScript(const QUrl& scriptFilename, bool isUserL
     }, Qt::QueuedConnection);
 
 
-    if (scriptFilename.isEmpty()) {
+    if (scriptFilename.isEmpty() || !scriptUrl.isValid()) {
         launchScriptEngine(scriptEngine);
     } else {
         // connect to the appropriate signals of this script engine