diff --git a/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/protocol/UriAdapter.java b/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/protocol/UriAdapter.java
index 5a844d6c..54d77242 100644
--- a/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/protocol/UriAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/lsp/protocol/UriAdapter.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -42,12 +43,12 @@ public static String toPath(String uri) {
      *  correct scheme for jars
      */
     public static String toUri(String path) {
-        if (path.startsWith("/")) {
-            return "file://" + path;
-        } else if (path.startsWith("jar:file")) {
+        if (path.startsWith("jar:file")) {
             return path.replaceFirst("jar:file", "smithyjar");
-        } else {
+        } else if (path.startsWith("smithyjar:")) {
             return path;
+        } else {
+            return Paths.get(path).toUri().toString();
         }
     }