diff --git a/src/Models/Upload.php b/src/Models/Upload.php
index b9669b892..d9ca274a7 100755
--- a/src/Models/Upload.php
+++ b/src/Models/Upload.php
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class Upload extends Model
      */
     public function getContent()
     {
-        return file_get_contents($this->local_filepath);
+        return file_get_contents(base_dir().'/'.$this->local_filepath);
     }
 
     public static function getInfo($file)