diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/main/MainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/main/MainActivity.java
index c319a7805..742646773 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/main/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/main/MainActivity.java
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends BaseActivity implements WebViewCallback,
 
   @NotNull
   private String contentUrl(String articleUrl) {
-    return ZimContentProvider.CONTENT_URI + articleUrl;
+    return Uri.parse(ZimContentProvider.CONTENT_URI + articleUrl).toString();
   }
 
   @NotNull