diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
index 142c82a2b8..b7a532c272 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
   [e block href]
   (let [href (if-let [url (:logseq.property.asset/external-url block)]
                (if (string/starts-with? url "zotero://")
-                 (pdf-assets/get-zotero-local-pdf-path (:logseq.property.asset/external-file-name block))
+                 (pdf-assets/get-zotero-local-pdf-path (:logseq.property.asset/external-file-name block) :id (last (string/split url #"/")))
                  url)
                href)]
     (when-let [s (or href (some-> (.-target e) (.-dataset) (.-href)))]
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/extensions/pdf/assets.cljs b/src/main/frontend/extensions/pdf/assets.cljs
index 9ff9728bf1..1aeb2b5754 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/extensions/pdf/assets.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/extensions/pdf/assets.cljs
@@ -199,14 +199,20 @@
        :owner-window (pdf-windows/resolve-own-window viewer)))))
 
 (defn get-zotero-local-pdf-path
-  [path]
+  [path & {:keys [id]}]
   (let [zotero-config (get-in (state/sub-config) [:zotero/settings-v2 "default"])
         zotero-data-directory (:zotero-data-directory zotero-config)
         zotero-linked-attachment-base-directory (:zotero-linked-attachment-base-directory zotero-config)
         relative-path (subs path 14)]
-    (if (string/starts-with? path "zotero-link://")
-      (str zotero-linked-attachment-base-directory "/" relative-path)
-      (str zotero-data-directory "/storage/" relative-path))))
+    (cond
+      (string/starts-with? path "zotero-link://")
+      (str "file://" (util/node-path.join zotero-linked-attachment-base-directory relative-path))
+
+      (string/starts-with? path "zotero-path://")
+      (str "file://" (util/node-path.join zotero-data-directory "storage" relative-path))
+
+      :else ;; compatible with commit 33db791
+      (str "file://" (util/node-path.join zotero-data-directory "storage" id path)))))
 
 (defn db-based-open-block-ref!
   [block]