diff --git a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/RecordingSession.kt b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/RecordingSession.kt
index 4784904..96047f9 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/RecordingSession.kt
+++ b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/RecordingSession.kt
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class RecordingSession(
   data class Video(val path: String, val durationMs: Long, val size: Size)
 
   // Normalize path - expo-file-system passes file:// URIs but File expects raw paths
-  private val outputPath: File = File(filePath.removePrefix("file://"))
+  // Handle both file:// and file:/ variants
+  private val outputPath: File = File(filePath.replace(Regex("^file:/+"), "/"))
 
   private val bitRate = getBitRate()