diff --git a/io/loadthread.cpp b/io/loadthread.cpp
index 281841763..4422353fb 100644
--- a/io/loadthread.cpp
+++ b/io/loadthread.cpp
@@ -201,15 +201,25 @@ bool LoadThread::load_worker(QFile& f, QXmlStreamReader& stream, int type) {
 									f->url = attr.value().toString();
 
 									if (!QFileInfo::exists(f->url)) { // if path is not absolute
+                                        // tries to locate file using a file path relative to the project's current folder
 										QString proj_dir_test = proj_dir.absoluteFilePath(f->url);
+
+                                        // tries to locate file using a file path relative to the folder the project was saved in
+                                        // (unaffected by moving the project file)
 										QString internal_proj_dir_test = internal_proj_dir.absoluteFilePath(f->url);
 
+                                        // tries to locate file using the file name directly in the project's current folder
+                                        QString proj_dir_direct_test = proj_dir.filePath(QFileInfo(f->url).fileName());
+
 										if (QFileInfo::exists(proj_dir_test)) { // if path is relative to the project's current dir
 											f->url = proj_dir_test;
 											qInfo() << "Matched" << attr.value().toString() << "relative to project's current directory";
 										} else if (QFileInfo::exists(internal_proj_dir_test)) { // if path is relative to the last directory the project was saved in
 											f->url = internal_proj_dir_test;
 											qInfo() << "Matched" << attr.value().toString() << "relative to project's internal directory";
+                                        } else if (QFileInfo::exists(proj_dir_direct_test))
+                                            f->url = proj_dir_direct_test;
+                                            qInfo() << "Matched" << attr.value().toString() << "directly to project's current directory";
 										} else if (f->url.contains('%')) {
 											// hack for image sequences (qt won't be able to find the URL with %, but ffmpeg may)
 											f->url = internal_proj_dir_test;