diff --git a/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.cpp b/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.cpp
index e5358009..81e5c037 100644
--- a/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.cpp
+++ b/client/ui/pages_logic/AppSettingsLogic.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
+#include <utilities.h>
 
 using namespace amnezia;
 using namespace PageEnumNS;
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@ void AppSettingsLogic::onPushButtonBackupAppConfigClicked()
 
 void AppSettingsLogic::onPushButtonRestoreAppConfigClicked()
 {
-    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(Q_NULLPTR, tr("Open backup"),
-                                                    QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DocumentsLocation), "*.backup");
+    QString fileName = Utils::getOpenFileName(Q_NULLPTR, tr("Open backup"),
+        QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DocumentsLocation), "*.backup");
 
     if (fileName.isEmpty()) return;
 
@@ -98,6 +99,5 @@ void AppSettingsLogic::onPushButtonRestoreAppConfigClicked()
     } else {
         emit uiLogic()->showWarningMessage(tr("Can't import config, file is corrupted."));
     }
-
 }
 
diff --git a/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.cpp b/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.cpp
index 7eb67adf..9fbb2efe 100644
--- a/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.cpp
+++ b/client/ui/pages_logic/StartPageLogic.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void StartPageLogic::onPushButtonImport()
 
 void StartPageLogic::onPushButtonImportOpenFile()
 {
-    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(Q_NULLPTR, tr("Open config file"),
+    QString fileName = Utils::getOpenFileName(Q_NULLPTR, tr("Open config file"),
         QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DocumentsLocation), "*.vpn *.ovpn *.conf");
     if (fileName.isEmpty()) return;
 
diff --git a/client/utilities.cpp b/client/utilities.cpp
index e5d2fd52..c661636a 100644
--- a/client/utilities.cpp
+++ b/client/utilities.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,23 @@ QString Utils::certUtilPath()
 #endif
 }
 
+QString Utils::getOpenFileName(QWidget *parent, const QString &caption, const QString &dir, const QString &filter, QString *selectedFilter, QFileDialog::Options options)
+{
+    QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(parent, caption, dir, filter, selectedFilter, options);
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
+    // patch for files containing spaces etc
+    const QString sep {"raw%3A%2F"};
+    if (fileName.startsWith("content://") && fileName.contains(sep)) {
+        QString contentUrl = fileName.split(sep).at(0);
+        QString rawUrl = fileName.split(sep).at(1);
+        rawUrl.replace(" ", "%20");
+        fileName = contentUrl + sep + rawUrl;
+    }
+#endif
+    return fileName;
+}
+
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 // Inspired from http://stackoverflow.com/a/15281070/1529139
 // and http://stackoverflow.com/q/40059902/1529139
diff --git a/client/utilities.h b/client/utilities.h
index 932b9b27..6020e532 100644
--- a/client/utilities.h
+++ b/client/utilities.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef UTILITIES_H
 #define UTILITIES_H
 
+#include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
@@ -50,6 +51,13 @@ public:
     static QString wireguardExecPath();
     static QString certUtilPath();
 
+    static QString getOpenFileName(QWidget *parent = nullptr,
+                                   const QString &caption = QString(),
+                                   const QString &dir = QString(),
+                                   const QString &filter = QString(),
+                                   QString *selectedFilter = nullptr,
+                                   QFileDialog::Options options = QFileDialog::Options());
+
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
     static bool signalCtrl(DWORD dwProcessId, DWORD dwCtrlEvent);