diff --git a/src/ios/CordovaHttpPlugin.m b/src/ios/CordovaHttpPlugin.m
index d938047..5630d2b 100644
--- a/src/ios/CordovaHttpPlugin.m
+++ b/src/ios/CordovaHttpPlugin.m
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@
    
     [self setRequestHeaders: headers];
     
+    if ([filePath hasPrefix:@"file://"]) {
+        filePath = [filePath substringFromIndex:7];
+    }
+    
     CordovaHttpPlugin* __weak weakSelf = self;
     manager.responseSerializer = [AFHTTPResponseSerializer serializer];
     [manager GET:url parameters:parameters success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
@@ -229,10 +233,10 @@
             return;
         }
    
-        CDVFile *file = [[CDVFile alloc] init];
+        id filePlugin = [self.commandDelegate getCommandInstance:@"File"];
         NSMutableDictionary *dictionary = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
         [dictionary setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:operation.response.statusCode] forKey:@"status"];
-        [dictionary setObject:[file getDirectoryEntry:filePath isDirectory:NO] forKey:@"file"];
+        [dictionary setObject:[filePlugin getDirectoryEntry:filePath isDirectory:NO] forKey:@"file"];
         CDVPluginResult *pluginResult = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsDictionary:dictionary];
         [weakSelf.commandDelegate sendPluginResult:pluginResult callbackId:command.callbackId];
     } failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {