diff --git a/src/main/libs/ParseFlows.ts b/src/main/libs/ParseFlows.ts
index 21c5b78..c59c829 100644
--- a/src/main/libs/ParseFlows.ts
+++ b/src/main/libs/ParseFlows.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-import p from "path-browserify";
+// import p from "path-browserify";
 import { Flow } from "../models/Flow";
-import fs from "fs";
+import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import { convert } from "xmlbuilder2";
+import { realpath } from "fs/promises";
 import { ParsedFlow } from "../models/ParsedFlow";
 
 export async function ParseFlows(selectedUris: string[]): Promise<ParsedFlow[]> {
   const parseResults: ParsedFlow[] = [];
   for (const uri of selectedUris) {
     try {
-      console.log(`normalize uri ${uri}`);
-      const normalizedURI = p.normalize(uri);
-      const content = await fs.readFileSync(normalizedURI);
+      const resolvePath = await realpath(uri);
+      const content = await readFile(fileURLToPath(`file:${resolvePath}`));
       const xmlString = content.toString();
       const flowObj = convert(xmlString, { format: "object" });
       console.log(`flowObj ${JSON.stringify(flowObj, null, 2)}`);
diff --git a/tests/models/Flow.test.ts b/tests/models/Flow.test.ts
index da0a74a..6e8ad73 100644
--- a/tests/models/Flow.test.ts
+++ b/tests/models/Flow.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import { XMLBuilder } from "xmlbuilder2/lib/interfaces";
 
 import { Flow } from "../../src/main/models/Flow";
 
+// import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+import { parse, ParsedFlow } from "../../src";
+
 describe("Flow Model", () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     jest.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => jest.fn());
@@ -67,4 +71,12 @@ describe("Flow Model", () => {
     expect(errors).toBeTruthy();
     expect(errors).not.toBeInstanceOf(NoErrorThrownError);
   });
+
+  it("should read a file from base and convert to flow e2e", async () => {
+    const filePath: string = "./tests/xmlfiles/Unused_Variable.flow-meta.xml";
+    const parsedFiles: ParsedFlow[] = await parse([filePath]);
+    expect(parsedFiles).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(parsedFiles[0].flow).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(parsedFiles[0].errorMessage).toBeFalsy();
+  });
 });