diff --git a/src/adaptors/UBSvgSubsetAdaptor.cpp b/src/adaptors/UBSvgSubsetAdaptor.cpp
index aab62431..57e01565 100644
--- a/src/adaptors/UBSvgSubsetAdaptor.cpp
+++ b/src/adaptors/UBSvgSubsetAdaptor.cpp
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ UBGraphicsAudioItem* UBSvgSubsetAdaptor::UBSvgSubsetReader::audioItemFromSvg()
         href = mDocumentPath + "/" + href.right(href.length() - indexOfAudioDirectory);
     }
 
-    UBGraphicsAudioItem* audioItem = new UBGraphicsAudioItem(href);
+    UBGraphicsAudioItem* audioItem = new UBGraphicsAudioItem(QUrl::fromLocalFile(href));
     graphicsItemFromSvg(audioItem);
     QStringRef ubPos = mXmlReader.attributes().value(mNamespaceUri, "position");
 
diff --git a/src/domain/UBGraphicsMediaItem.cpp b/src/domain/UBGraphicsMediaItem.cpp
index d07ab08c..9342cb66 100644
--- a/src/domain/UBGraphicsMediaItem.cpp
+++ b/src/domain/UBGraphicsMediaItem.cpp
@@ -86,12 +86,13 @@ QVariant UBGraphicsMediaItem::itemChange(GraphicsItemChange change, const QVaria
 
 void UBGraphicsMediaItem::clearSource()
 {
-    QString path = mediaFileUrl().path();
+    QString path = mediaFileUrl().toLocalFile();
     //if path is absolute clean duplicated path string
     if (!path.contains(UBApplication::boardController->activeDocument()->persistencePath()))
         path = UBApplication::boardController->activeDocument()->persistencePath() + "/" + path;
 
-    UBFileSystemUtils::deleteFile(path);
+    if (!UBFileSystemUtils::deleteFile(path))
+        qDebug() << "cannot delete file: " << path;
 }
 
 void UBGraphicsMediaItem::toggleMute()