diff --git a/www/windows/SplashScreenProxy.js b/www/windows/SplashScreenProxy.js
index dab7238..271a14c 100644
--- a/www/windows/SplashScreenProxy.js
+++ b/www/windows/SplashScreenProxy.js
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ var cordova = require('cordova'),
     channel = require('cordova/channel');
 
 var isPhone = (cordova.platformId == "windows") && WinJS.Utilities.isPhone;
-var localSplash = null; 
+var isHosted = window.location.protocol.indexOf('http') === 0;
+var localSplash = null;
 var bgColor = "#464646"; // default backgrond color; TDOO - read it from .appxmanifest
-var splashImageSrc = isPhone ? "ms-appx:///images/splashscreenphone.png" : "ms-appx:///images/splashscreen.png";
+var splashImageSrc = (isHosted ? "ms-appx-web" : "ms-appx") + ":///images/"
+    + (isPhone ? "splashscreenphone.png" : "splashscreen.png");
 
 var SplashScreen = {
     setBGColor: function (cssBGColor) {