diff --git a/lib/src/unit/Canonical.ts b/lib/src/unit/Canonical.ts
index 91689a9..d941d38 100644
--- a/lib/src/unit/Canonical.ts
+++ b/lib/src/unit/Canonical.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ export class Canonical<T> extends LifecycleUnit {
             .substr(this.suffix.length)
             .split('').reverse().join('')
 
+        if ( file_path.startsWith('/') ) {
+            file_path = `file://${file_path}`
+        }
+
         this.make(Logging).debug(`Importing from: ${file_path}`)
         const imported = await import(file_path)
         return { canonical_name, original_name, imported }