diff --git a/src/bin/e_open.c b/src/bin/e_open.c
index c42902926..e3870270b 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_open.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_open.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                }
           }
      }
-   else if (strstr(argv[args], "://"))
+   else if (strstr(argv[args], ":"))
      cmds = protocol_open(argv[args]);
    else
      cmds = local_open(argv[args]);