diff --git a/src/loaders/Utils.js b/src/loaders/Utils.js
index 4d446d7e..ca8c5076 100644
--- a/src/loaders/Utils.js
+++ b/src/loaders/Utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { SceneFormat } from './SceneFormat.js';
 
 export const sceneFormatFromPath = (path) => {
+    try {
+      const url = new URL(path);
+      path = url.pathname;
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Ignore error, path is not a URL
+    }
     if (path.endsWith('.ply')) return SceneFormat.Ply;
     else if (path.endsWith('.splat')) return SceneFormat.Splat;
     else if (path.endsWith('.ksplat')) return SceneFormat.KSplat;