diff --git a/ui/gallery-prototype.js b/ui/gallery-prototype.js
index bcdbf487..f144fd64 100755
--- a/ui/gallery-prototype.js
+++ b/ui/gallery-prototype.js
@@ -1312,6 +1312,9 @@ function loadJSON(data, position, set_order, escape_urls){
 	if(ribbons == null){
 		return
 	}
+	if(escape_urls == null){
+		escape_urls = true
+	}
 
 	// store the structure...
 	ImageGrid.image_data = data
@@ -1332,14 +1335,6 @@ function loadJSON(data, position, set_order, escape_urls){
 			.appendTo(field)
 		for(var j in images){
 			var image = images[j]
-			if(escape_urls == true){
-				// escape the url ...
-				var o = /([a-zA-Z0-9]*:\/\/)(.*)/.exec(image.url)
-				if(o.length == 3){
-					image.url = o[1] + escape(o[2])
-				}
-				image.url = escape(image.url)
-			}
 			// create image...
 			makeImage(image.url, j, set_order)
 				.appendTo(ribbon)
diff --git a/ui/persistance.js b/ui/persistance.js
index 863ac561..ab55ac03 100755
--- a/ui/persistance.js
+++ b/ui/persistance.js
@@ -9,13 +9,36 @@
  *
  */
 
-function loadJSONfile(path){
+function loadJSONfile(path, escape_urls){
+	if(escape_urls == null){
+		escape_urls = true
+	}
 	// XXX CEF (file) - binding
 	if(CEF_loadJSON != null){
-		return CEF_loadJSON(path)
+		var data = CEF_loadJSON(path)
 	}
 	// XXX PhoneGap (file) - binding
 	// XXX browser - open file dialog
+	
+	// escape the URLs...
+	var ribbons = data.ribbons	
+	for(var i=0; i<ribbons.length; i++){
+		var images = ribbons[i]
+		for(var id in images){
+			var image = images[id]
+			if(escape_urls == true){
+				// escape the url ...
+				var o = /([a-zA-Z0-9]*:)(.*)/.exec(image.url)
+				if(o.length == 3){
+					image.url = o[1] + escape(o[2])
+				} else {
+					console.log('no schema...')
+					image.url = escape(image.url)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return data
 }
 
 function dumpJSONfile(path, value){