diff --git a/src/iptvsimple/utilities/WebUtils.cpp b/src/iptvsimple/utilities/WebUtils.cpp
index 165e139c..cdcafaec 100644
--- a/src/iptvsimple/utilities/WebUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/iptvsimple/utilities/WebUtils.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ bool WebUtils::IsNfsUrl(const std::string& url)
   return StringUtils::StartsWith(url, NFS_PREFIX);
 }
 
+bool WebUtils::IsSpecialUrl(const std::string& url)
+{
+  return StringUtils::StartsWith(url, SPECIAL_PREFIX);
+}
+
 std::string WebUtils::RedactUrl(const std::string& url)
 {
   std::string redactedUrl = url;
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@ bool WebUtils::Check(const std::string& strURL, int connectionTimeoutSecs, bool
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (!IsNfsUrl(strURL))
+  if (!IsNfsUrl(strURL) && !IsSpecialUrl(strURL))
     fileHandle.CURLAddOption(ADDON_CURL_OPTION_PROTOCOL, "connection-timeout", std::to_string(connectionTimeoutSecs));
 
   if (!fileHandle.CURLOpen(ADDON_READ_NO_CACHE))
diff --git a/src/iptvsimple/utilities/WebUtils.h b/src/iptvsimple/utilities/WebUtils.h
index 22ec49a5..3a118094 100644
--- a/src/iptvsimple/utilities/WebUtils.h
+++ b/src/iptvsimple/utilities/WebUtils.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace iptvsimple
     static const std::string HTTP_PREFIX = "http://";
     static const std::string HTTPS_PREFIX = "https://";
     static const std::string NFS_PREFIX = "nfs://";
+    static const std::string SPECIAL_PREFIX = "special://";
     static const std::string UDP_MULTICAST_PREFIX = "udp://@";
     static const std::string RTP_MULTICAST_PREFIX = "rtp://@";
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ namespace iptvsimple
       static std::string ReadFileContentsStartOnly(const std::string& url, int* httpCode);
       static bool IsHttpUrl(const std::string& url);
       static bool IsNfsUrl(const std::string& url);
+      static bool IsSpecialUrl(const std::string& url);
       static std::string RedactUrl(const std::string& url);
       static bool Check(const std::string& url, int connectionTimeoutSecs, bool isLocalPath = false);
     };