diff --git a/src/core/songloader.cpp b/src/core/songloader.cpp
index 4b2d1fa25..d7afecda6 100644
--- a/src/core/songloader.cpp
+++ b/src/core/songloader.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void SongLoader::LoadMetadataBlocking() {
 
 void SongLoader::EffectiveSongLoad(Song *song) {
 
-  if (!song) return;
+  if (!song || !song->url().isLocalFile()) return;
 
   if (song->init_from_file() && song->filetype() != Song::FileType_Unknown) {
     // Maybe we loaded the metadata already, for example from a cuesheet.