diff --git a/wpilibj/wpilibJava/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Preferences.java b/wpilibj/wpilibJava/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Preferences.java
index 4893b55a9c..fac58153b8 100644
--- a/wpilibj/wpilibJava/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Preferences.java
+++ b/wpilibj/wpilibJava/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/Preferences.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class Preferences {
     /**
      * The file to save to
      */
-    private static final String FILE_NAME = "file:///wpilib-preferences.ini";
+    private static final String FILE_NAME = "wpilib-preferences.ini";
     /**
      * The characters to put between a field and value
      */