diff --git a/linphone-app/src/components/calls/CallsListModel.cpp b/linphone-app/src/components/calls/CallsListModel.cpp
index dca8d9c49..71782c2a6 100644
--- a/linphone-app/src/components/calls/CallsListModel.cpp
+++ b/linphone-app/src/components/calls/CallsListModel.cpp
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ void CallsListModel::launchAudioCall (const QString &sipAddress, const QString&
 	CoreManager::getInstance()->getTimelineListModel()->mAutoSelectAfterCreation = true;
 	shared_ptr<linphone::Core> core = CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore();
 	
-	shared_ptr<linphone::Address> address = core->interpretUrl(Utils::appStringToCoreString(sipAddress));
+	shared_ptr<linphone::Address> address = Utils::interpretUrl(sipAddress);
 	if (!address){
-		qCritical() << "The calling address is not a SIP address : " << sipAddress;
+		qCritical() << "The calling address is not an interpretable SIP address: " << sipAddress;
 		return;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/linphone-app/src/utils/Utils.cpp b/linphone-app/src/utils/Utils.cpp
index 0c1bdacea..1f8c28653 100644
--- a/linphone-app/src/utils/Utils.cpp
+++ b/linphone-app/src/utils/Utils.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,15 @@ constexpr int SafeFilePathLimit = 100;
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<linphone::Address> Utils::interpretUrl(const QString& address){
-	return CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore()->interpretUrl(Utils::appStringToCoreString(address));
+	auto interpretedAddress = CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore()->interpretUrl(Utils::appStringToCoreString(address), true);
+	if(!interpretedAddress){// Try by removing scheme.
+		QStringList splitted = address.split(":");
+		if(splitted.size() > 0 && splitted[0] == "sip"){
+			splitted.removeFirst();
+			interpretedAddress = CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore()->interpretUrl(Utils::appStringToCoreString(splitted.join(":")), true);
+		}
+	}
+	return interpretedAddress;
 }
 char *Utils::rstrstr (const char *a, const char *b) {
 	size_t a_len = strlen(a);