diff --git a/classes/Tools.php b/classes/Tools.php
index 9dd4f367d..e2217c6e5 100644
--- a/classes/Tools.php
+++ b/classes/Tools.php
@@ -1277,10 +1277,9 @@ class ToolsCore
 
 	public static function file_get_contents($url, $use_include_path = false, $stream_context = null, $curl_timeout = 5)
 	{
-		if ($stream_context == null)
+		if ($stream_context == null && !strstr($url, 'http'))
 			$stream_context = @stream_context_create(array('http' => array('timeout' => 5)));
-
-		if (in_array(ini_get('allow_url_fopen'), array('On', 'on', '1')))
+		if (in_array(ini_get('allow_url_fopen'), array('On', 'on', '1')) || !strstr($url, 'http'))
 			return @file_get_contents($url, $use_include_path, $stream_context);
 		elseif (function_exists('curl_init'))
 		{