diff --git a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Server/PsesLanguageServer.cs b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Server/PsesLanguageServer.cs
index b2ffff59f..3da841b44 100644
--- a/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Server/PsesLanguageServer.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShellEditorServices/Server/PsesLanguageServer.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public async Task StartAsync()
                             // Grab the workspace path from the parameters
                             if (request.RootUri != null)
                             {
-                                workspaceService.WorkspacePath = workspaceService.ResolveFileUri(request.RootUri).OriginalString;
+                                workspaceService.WorkspacePath = workspaceService.ResolveFileUri(request.RootUri).LocalPath;
                             }
 
                             // Set the working directory of the PowerShell session to the workspace path