diff --git a/src/main/java/net/prominic/groovyls/util/URIUtils.java b/src/main/java/net/prominic/groovyls/util/URIUtils.java
index 1eec0f08b..acf1a6c7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/prominic/groovyls/util/URIUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/prominic/groovyls/util/URIUtils.java
@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
 package net.prominic.groovyls.util;
 
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URLDecoder;
 
 public final class URIUtils {
 
     public static URI toUri(String uriString) {
-        try {
-            // for some reason vscode like to output garbage like file:///c%3A/Users/..
-            var decodedUriString = URLDecoder.decode(uriString, "UTF-8");
+        // for some reason vscode like to output garbage like file:///c%3A/Users/..
+        // we cant decode here since paths with spaces will cause an error in URI.create()
+        var decodedUriString = uriString;//URLDecoder.decode(uriString, "UTF-8");
 
-            if (decodedUriString.matches("^file:///[a-z]:/.*$")) {
-                decodedUriString = "file:///" + decodedUriString.substring(8, 9).toUpperCase() + decodedUriString.substring(9);
-            }
-            return URI.create(decodedUriString);
-        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        if (decodedUriString.matches("^file:///[a-z]:/.*$")) {
+            decodedUriString = "file:///" + decodedUriString.substring(8, 9).toUpperCase() + decodedUriString.substring(9);
         }
+        return URI.create(decodedUriString);
     }
 }