diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.c b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
index e4ae2974..7b427127 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.c
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
@@ -1444,7 +1444,10 @@ hexchat_open_gfile (const char *filename)
 	GFile *file;
 	gchar *full_path, *full_path_fs;
 
-	full_path = g_build_filename (get_xdir(), filename, NULL);
+	if (file_is_absolute (filename))
+		full_path = g_strdup (filename);
+	else
+		full_path = g_build_filename (get_xdir(), filename, NULL);
 	full_path_fs = g_filename_from_utf8 (full_path, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
 	file = g_file_new_for_path (full_path_fs);
diff --git a/src/common/url.c b/src/common/url.c
index 808a73de..2c9158cc 100644
--- a/src/common/url.c
+++ b/src/common/url.c
@@ -68,42 +68,47 @@ url_clear (void)
 }
 
 static int
-url_save_cb (char *url, FILE *fd)
+url_save_cb (char *url, GOutputStream *ostream)
 {
-	fprintf (fd, "%s\n", url);
+	stream_writef (ostream, "%s\n", url);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
 void
-url_save_tree (const char *fname, const char *mode, gboolean fullpath)
+url_save_tree (const char *fname)
 {
-	FILE *fd;
+	GFile *file;
+	GOutputStream *ostream;
 
-	if (fullpath)
-		fd = hexchat_fopen_file (fname, mode, XOF_FULLPATH);
-	else
-		fd = hexchat_fopen_file (fname, mode, 0);
-	if (fd == NULL)
-		return;
+	file = hexchat_open_gfile (fname);
 
-	tree_foreach (url_tree, (tree_traverse_func *)url_save_cb, fd);
-	fclose (fd);
+	ostream = G_OUTPUT_STREAM(g_file_append_to (file, G_FILE_CREATE_NONE, NULL, NULL));
+	if (ostream)
+	{
+		tree_foreach (url_tree, (tree_traverse_func *)url_save_cb, ostream);
+		g_object_unref (ostream);
+	}
+	
+	g_object_unref (file);
 }
 
 static void
 url_save_node (char* url)
 {
-	FILE *fd;
+	GFile *file;
+	GOutputStream *ostream;
 
 	/* open <config>/url.log in append mode */
-	fd = hexchat_fopen_file ("url.log", "a", 0);
-	if (fd == NULL)
+	file = hexchat_open_gfile ("url.log");
+
+	ostream = G_OUTPUT_STREAM(g_file_append_to (file, G_FILE_CREATE_NONE, NULL, NULL));
+	if (ostream)
 	{
-		return;
+		stream_writef (ostream, "%s\n", url);
+		g_object_unref (ostream);
 	}
 
-	fprintf (fd, "%s\n", url);
-	fclose (fd);	
+	g_object_unref (file);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/src/common/url.h b/src/common/url.h
index 676f9a6d..38557636 100644
--- a/src/common/url.h
+++ b/src/common/url.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ extern void *url_tree;
 #define WORD_PATH    -2
 
 void url_clear (void);
-void url_save_tree (const char *fname, const char *mode, gboolean fullpath);
+void url_save_tree (const char *fname);
 int url_last (int *, int *);
 int url_check_word (const char *word);
 void url_check_line (char *buf, int len);
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/urlgrab.c b/src/fe-gtk/urlgrab.c
index 79a6d5f5..a23eb562 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/urlgrab.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/urlgrab.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ url_save_callback (void *arg1, char *file)
 {
 	if (file)
 	{
-		url_save_tree (file, "w", TRUE);
+		url_save_tree (file);
 	}
 }