diff --git a/Source/SimplePdfViewer/SimplePdfViewer.csproj b/Source/SimplePdfViewer/SimplePdfViewer.csproj
index 19e4d96..31c5343 100644
--- a/Source/SimplePdfViewer/SimplePdfViewer.csproj
+++ b/Source/SimplePdfViewer/SimplePdfViewer.csproj
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
     <AssemblyName>SimplePdfViewer</AssemblyName>
     <DefaultLanguage>en-US</DefaultLanguage>
     <TargetPlatformIdentifier>UAP</TargetPlatformIdentifier>
-    <TargetPlatformVersion>10.0.10240.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
-    <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.10240.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
+    <TargetPlatformVersion>10.0.18362.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
+    <TargetPlatformMinVersion>10.0.18362.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
     <MinimumVisualStudioVersion>14</MinimumVisualStudioVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <ProjectTypeGuids>{A5A43C5B-DE2A-4C0C-9213-0A381AF9435A};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-arm;win10-arm-aot;win10-x86;win10-x86-aot;win10-x64;win10-x64-aot</RuntimeIdentifiers>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
@@ -102,10 +103,6 @@
     <UseVSHostingProcess>false</UseVSHostingProcess>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- A reference to the entire .Net Framework and Windows SDK are automatically included -->
-    <None Include="project.json" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SimplePdfViewerControl.xaml.cs">
@@ -120,6 +117,11 @@
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
     </Page>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform">
+      <Version>5.1.0</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '' or '$(VisualStudioVersion)' &lt; '14.0' ">
     <VisualStudioVersion>14.0</VisualStudioVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Source/SimplePdfViewer/SimplePdfViewerControl.xaml.cs b/Source/SimplePdfViewer/SimplePdfViewerControl.xaml.cs
index b55a054..e7aba58 100644
--- a/Source/SimplePdfViewer/SimplePdfViewerControl.xaml.cs
+++ b/Source/SimplePdfViewer/SimplePdfViewerControl.xaml.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public bool IsZoomEnabled
         public static readonly DependencyProperty IsZoomEnabledProperty =
             DependencyProperty.Register("IsZoomEnabled", typeof(bool), typeof(SimplePdfViewerControl),
                 new PropertyMetadata(true, OnIsZoomEnabledChanged));
-   
+
         internal ZoomMode ZoomMode
         {
             get { return IsZoomEnabled ? ZoomMode.Enabled : ZoomMode.Disabled; }
@@ -90,13 +90,17 @@ public async Task LoadAsync()
             }
             else
             {
-                if(Source.IsFile || !Source.IsWebUri())
+                if (Source.IsWebUri())
                 {
-                    await LoadFromLocalAsync();
+                    await LoadFromRemoteAsync();
                 }
-                else if(Source.IsWebUri())
+                else if (Source.IsFile && Source.IsApplicationUri())
                 {
-                    await LoadFromRemoteAsync();
+                    await LoadFromApplicationAsync();
+                }
+                else if (Source.IsFile)
+                {
+                    await LoadFromLocalAsync();
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -119,6 +123,15 @@ private async Task LoadFromRemoteAsync()
         }
 
         private async Task LoadFromLocalAsync()
+        {
+            StorageFile f = await
+                StorageFile.GetFileFromPathAsync(Source.LocalPath);
+            PdfDocument doc = await PdfDocument.LoadFromFileAsync(f);
+
+            Load(doc);
+        }
+
+        private async Task LoadFromApplicationAsync()
         {
             StorageFile f = await
                 StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(Source);
diff --git a/Source/SimplePdfViewer/UriExtension.cs b/Source/SimplePdfViewer/UriExtension.cs
index e1924ce..29694f4 100644
--- a/Source/SimplePdfViewer/UriExtension.cs
+++ b/Source/SimplePdfViewer/UriExtension.cs
@@ -13,5 +13,15 @@ public static bool IsWebUri(this Uri uri)
             }
             return false;
         }
+
+        public static bool IsApplicationUri(this Uri uri)
+        {
+            if (uri != null)
+            {
+                var str = uri.ToString().ToLower();
+                return str.StartsWith("ms-appx://") || str.StartsWith("ms-appx://");
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/SimplePdfViewer/project.json b/Source/SimplePdfViewer/project.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 92d1456..0000000
--- a/Source/SimplePdfViewer/project.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "dependencies": {
-    "Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform": "5.1.0"
-  },
-  "frameworks": {
-    "uap10.0": {}
-  },
-  "runtimes": {
-    "win10-arm": {},
-    "win10-arm-aot": {},
-    "win10-x86": {},
-    "win10-x86-aot": {},
-    "win10-x64": {},
-    "win10-x64-aot": {}
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file