diff --git a/src/xml.tsx b/src/xml.tsx
index cc334d72..ff9b02e0 100644
--- a/src/xml.tsx
+++ b/src/xml.tsx
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export function SvgXml(props: XmlProps) {
 
 export async function fetchText(uri: string) {
   const response = await fetch(uri);
-  if (response.ok) {
+  if (response.ok || (response.status === 0 && uri.startsWith('file://'))) {
     return await response.text();
   }
   throw new Error(`Fetching ${uri} failed with status ${response.status}`);