diff --git a/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.js b/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.js
index f3abe614c..7fe07e7cd 100644
--- a/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const parse = string => {
 
   const [type, rest] = string.split('://')
   if (type === 'file') {
-    object.type = 'local'
+    object.type = 'file'
     object.path = `/${trimStart(rest, '/')}` // the leading slash has been forgotten on client side first implementation
   } else if (type === 'nfs') {
     object.type = 'nfs'
diff --git a/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.spec.js b/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.spec.js
index 057f4286a..836d0115a 100644
--- a/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/xo-remote-parser/src/index.spec.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const data = deepFreeze({
   file: {
     string: 'file:///var/lib/xoa/backup',
     object: {
-      type: 'local',
+      type: 'file',
       path: '/var/lib/xoa/backup'
     }
   },
@@ -37,13 +37,23 @@ const parseData = deepFreeze({
   'file with missing leading slash (#7)': {
     string: 'file://var/lib/xoa/backup',
     object: {
-      type: 'local',
+      type: 'file',
       path: '/var/lib/xoa/backup'
     }
   }
 })
 
-const formatData = data
+const formatData = deepFreeze({
+  ...data,
+
+  'file with local type': {
+    string: 'file:///var/lib/xoa/backup',
+    object: {
+      type: 'local',
+      path: '/var/lib/xoa/backup'
+    }
+  }
+})
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------