diff --git a/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/notifications/RNFirebaseNotificationManager.java b/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/notifications/RNFirebaseNotificationManager.java
index 208d2c18..25eadab3 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/notifications/RNFirebaseNotificationManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/io/invertase/firebase/notifications/RNFirebaseNotificationManager.java
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ public class RNFirebaseNotificationManager {
     if (image.startsWith("http://") || image.startsWith("https://")) {
       return getBitmapFromUrl(image);
     } else if (image.startsWith("file://")) {
-      return BitmapFactory.decodeFile(image);
+      return BitmapFactory.decodeFile(image.replace("file://", ""));
     } else {
       int largeIconResId = getResourceId("mipmap", image);
       return BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), largeIconResId);