diff --git a/modules/gdscript/language_server/gdscript_language_protocol.cpp b/modules/gdscript/language_server/gdscript_language_protocol.cpp
index ed88fafc8eb..77a6590f2dc 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/language_server/gdscript_language_protocol.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/language_server/gdscript_language_protocol.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ Dictionary GDScriptLanguageProtocol::initialize(const Dictionary &p_params) {
 	if (root_uri.length() && is_same_workspace) {
 		workspace->root_uri = root_uri;
 	} else {
-		workspace->root_uri = "file://" + workspace->root;
+		String r_root = workspace->root;
+		r_root = r_root.lstrip("/");
+		workspace->root_uri = "file:///" + r_root;
 
 		Dictionary params;
 		params["path"] = workspace->root;
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/language_server/gdscript_workspace.cpp b/modules/gdscript/language_server/gdscript_workspace.cpp
index 5a53f09e064..d9e4077660b 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/language_server/gdscript_workspace.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/language_server/gdscript_workspace.cpp
@@ -496,9 +496,9 @@ Error GDScriptWorkspace::parse_local_script(const String &p_path) {
 }
 
 String GDScriptWorkspace::get_file_path(const String &p_uri) const {
-	String path = p_uri;
-	path = path.replace(root_uri + "/", "res://");
-	path = path.http_unescape();
+	String path = p_uri.http_unescape();
+	String base_uri = root_uri.http_unescape();
+	path = path.replacen(base_uri + "/", "res://");
 	return path;
 }