diff --git a/src/freedombone-meshweb b/src/freedombone-meshweb
index 72928d2f..723879bf 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-meshweb
+++ b/src/freedombone-meshweb
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ if [ $existing_bttrack -lt "2" ]; then
     bttrack --port ${TRACKER_PORT} --dfile ~/.bttrack/dstate --logfile ~/.bttrack/tracker.log --nat_check 0 --scrape_allowed full --ipv6_enabled 0 &
 fi
 
+ZERONET_INDEX=/home/$MY_USERNAME/mesh.html
+
+sleep 5
 zeronetavahi
 
 existing_zeronet=$(ps aux | grep zeronet | wc -l)
@@ -279,11 +282,10 @@ if [ $existing_zeronet -lt "2" ]; then
     python zeronet.py &
 fi
 
-ZERONET_INDEX=/home/$MY_USERNAME/mesh.html
 if which xdg-open > /dev/null; then
-    xdg-open file://$ZERONET_INDEX
+    xdg-open $ZERONET_INDEX
 elif which gnome-open > /dev/null; then
-    gnome-open file://$ZERONET_INDEX
+    gnome-open $ZERONET_INDEX
 fi
 
 exit 0