diff --git a/packages/siaviewnode-client/pages/index.tsx b/packages/siaviewnode-client/pages/index.tsx
index 197ffab8..d0037716 100644
--- a/packages/siaviewnode-client/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/siaviewnode-client/pages/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /** @jsx jsx */
 import { AppBar, Button, Card, CardContent, Container, Input, Tab, Tabs, Typography } from "@material-ui/core"
+import * as R from "ramda"
 import { useState } from "react"
 import { Box, Flex, jsx } from "theme-ui"
 import Dropzone from "../src/components/Dropzone"
@@ -14,8 +15,10 @@ const Index = () => {
   }
 
   const directView = () => {
+    const removeHead = R.compose(R.tail, R.split("sia://"))
+    const hash = removeHead(linkfileUrl)[0]
     if (window) {
-      var win = window.open(`/direct/${linkfileUrl}`, "_blank")
+      var win = window.open(`/direct/${hash}`, "_blank")
       win.focus()
     }
   }
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ const Index = () => {
                 <p>Download a file by pasting in a Sia linkfile below:</p>
                 <Box sx={{ width: "60%" }}>
                   <Input
-                    // placeholder="sia://"
+                    placeholder="sia://"
                     value={linkfileUrl}
                     onChange={e => setInput(e.target.value)}
                     sx={{ width: "100%" }}
diff --git a/packages/siaviewnode-client/src/components/Dropzone.tsx b/packages/siaviewnode-client/src/components/Dropzone.tsx
index 8b22da66..f3df8d0d 100644
--- a/packages/siaviewnode-client/src/components/Dropzone.tsx
+++ b/packages/siaviewnode-client/src/components/Dropzone.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 /** @jsx jsx */
+import { CircularProgress } from "@material-ui/core"
 import * as R from "ramda"
-import { useCallback, useState, useRef } from "react"
+import { useCallback, useState } from "react"
 import { useDropzone } from "react-dropzone"
 import { Box, Flex, jsx } from "theme-ui"
-import { CircularProgress, Button } from "@material-ui/core"
-import { saveAs } from "file-saver"
 /**
  * nginx is setup to automatically handle and rewrite the url path.
  */
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ function MyDropzone() {
         })
         .then(({ sialink }) => {
           console.log("WE OUT HERE BOYS", sialink)
-          setLink(sialink)
+          setLink(`sia://${sialink}`)
           setLoading(false)
         })
         .catch(e => {
@@ -61,21 +60,21 @@ function MyDropzone() {
           <h5>{link}</h5>
         </Flex>
       ) : (
-        <Flex
-          {...getRootProps()}
-          sx={{ height: 400, justifyContent: "center", alignItems: "center" }}
-        >
-          <input {...getInputProps()} />
-          {isDragActive && !loading && !error && !link && (
-            <p>Drop file here ...</p>
-          )}
-          {!isDragActive && !loading && !error && !link && (
-            <p>Drag 'n' drop a file here, or click to select a file</p>
-          )}
-          {loading && <CircularProgress />}
-          {error && !loading && <h5>{error}</h5>}
-        </Flex>
-      )}
+          <Flex
+            {...getRootProps()}
+            sx={{ height: 400, justifyContent: "center", alignItems: "center" }}
+          >
+            <input {...getInputProps()} />
+            {isDragActive && !loading && !error && !link && (
+              <p>Drop file here ...</p>
+            )}
+            {!isDragActive && !loading && !error && !link && (
+              <p>Drag 'n' drop a file here, or click to select a file</p>
+            )}
+            {loading && <CircularProgress />}
+            {error && !loading && <h5>{error}</h5>}
+          </Flex>
+        )}
     </Box>
   )
 }