diff --git a/src/helpers/vyos-load-config.py b/src/helpers/vyos-load-config.py
index e579e81b2..4ec865454 100755
--- a/src/helpers/vyos-load-config.py
+++ b/src/helpers/vyos-load-config.py
@@ -1,104 +1,104 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2019 VyOS maintainers and contributors
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 #
 
 """Load config file from within config session.
 Config file specified by URI or path (without scheme prefix).
 Example: load https://somewhere.net/some.config
         or
          load /tmp/some.config
 """
 
 import os
 import sys
 import gzip
 import tempfile
 import vyos.defaults
 import vyos.remote
 from vyos.configsource import ConfigSourceSession, VyOSError
 from vyos.migrator import Migrator, VirtualMigrator, MigratorError
 
 class LoadConfig(ConfigSourceSession):
     """A subclass for calling 'loadFile'.
     This does not belong in configsource.py, and only has a single caller.
     """
     def load_config(self, path):
         return self._run(['/bin/cli-shell-api','loadFile',path])
 
 file_name = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 'config.boot'
 configdir = vyos.defaults.directories['config']
 protocols = ['scp', 'sftp', 'http', 'https', 'ftp', 'tftp']
 
 def get_local_config(filename):
     if os.path.isfile(filename):
         fname = filename
     elif os.path.isfile(os.path.join(configdir, filename)):
         fname = os.path.join(configdir, filename)
     else:
         sys.exit(f"No such file '{filename}'")
 
     if fname.endswith('.gz'):
         with gzip.open(fname, 'rb') as f:
             try:
                 config_str = f.read().decode()
             except OSError as e:
                 sys.exit(e)
     else:
         with open(fname, 'r') as f:
             try:
                 config_str = f.read()
             except OSError as e:
                 sys.exit(e)
 
     return config_str
 
-if any(x in file_name for x in protocols):
+if any(file_name.startswith(f'{x}://') for x in protocols):
     config_string = vyos.remote.get_remote_config(file_name)
     if not config_string:
         sys.exit(f"No such config file at '{file_name}'")
 else:
     config_string = get_local_config(file_name)
 
 config = LoadConfig()
 
 print(f"Loading configuration from '{file_name}'")
 
 with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as fp:
     with open(fp.name, 'w') as fd:
         fd.write(config_string)
 
     virtual_migration = VirtualMigrator(fp.name)
     try:
         virtual_migration.run()
     except MigratorError as err:
         sys.exit('{}'.format(err))
 
     migration = Migrator(fp.name)
     try:
         migration.run()
     except MigratorError as err:
         sys.exit('{}'.format(err))
 
     try:
         config.load_config(fp.name)
     except VyOSError as err:
         sys.exit('{}'.format(err))
 
 if config.session_changed():
     print("Load complete. Use 'commit' to make changes effective.")
 else:
     print("No configuration changes to commit.")