diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/datatree/LinuxFileUrlHandler.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/datatree/LinuxFileUrlHandler.java
index a2a3eb7e52..d5c678b9da 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/datatree/LinuxFileUrlHandler.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/main/datatree/LinuxFileUrlHandler.java
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ public final class LinuxFileUrlHandler extends AbstractFileListFlavorHandler {
 
 		return toFiles(transferData, s -> {
 			try {
-				return new File(new URL(s).toURI());
+				// Replacing the spaces with "%20" will allow for file paths with spaces to be parsed correctly
+                // and not cause an exception
+                return new File(new URL(s.replaceAll(" ", "%20")).toURI());
 			}
 			catch (MalformedURLException e) {
 				// this could be the case that this handler is attempting to process an arbitrary