diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/BatchLoader.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/BatchLoader.cpp
index db0743808f..ac0cafa6a9 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/BatchLoader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/BatchLoader.cpp
@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ void BatchLoader::start() {
             connect(this, &QObject::destroyed, reply, &QObject::deleteLater);
 
         } else {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-            QString fileName = url.toString();
-#else
             QString fileName = url.toLocalFile();
-#endif
+
+            // sometimes on windows, we see the toLocalFile() return null, 
+            // in this case we will attempt to simply use the url as a string
+            if (fileName.isEmpty()) {
+                fileName = url.toString();
+            }
 
             qCDebug(scriptengine) << "Reading file at " << fileName;
 
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/RegisteredMetaTypes.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/RegisteredMetaTypes.cpp
index 2c4b213fcb..b2389f4db6 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/RegisteredMetaTypes.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/RegisteredMetaTypes.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ static int quatMetaTypeId = qRegisterMetaType<glm::quat>();
 static int xColorMetaTypeId = qRegisterMetaType<xColor>();
 static int pickRayMetaTypeId = qRegisterMetaType<PickRay>();
 static int collisionMetaTypeId = qRegisterMetaType<Collision>();
-
-
+static int qMapURLStringMetaTypeId = qRegisterMetaType<QMap<QUrl,QString>>();
 
 void registerMetaTypes(QScriptEngine* engine) {
     qScriptRegisterMetaType(engine, vec4toScriptValue, vec4FromScriptValue);