diff --git a/pd/nw/pdgui.js b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
index b83dad5f9b3f804bd5ddf0b0615b71c0e849ec04..4bc777dddaadff18c8771b0df031f63f52204e6b 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pdgui.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
@@ -747,8 +747,8 @@ function doc_open (dir, basename) {
         open_html(path.join(norm_path, basename));
 
     } else {
-        pdsend("pd open", enquote(basename),
-            defunkify_windows_path(enquote(norm_path)));
+        pdsend("pd open", enquote(defunkify_windows_path(basename)),
+            enquote(defunkify_windows_path(norm_path)));
     }
 }