diff --git a/js/push.js b/js/push.js
index 6aa5398..772a617 100644
--- a/js/push.js
+++ b/js/push.js
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@
 
     options.container = options.container || options.transition ? document.querySelector('.content') : document.body;
 
+    var isFileProtocol = /^file:/.test(window.location.protocol);
+
     for (key in bars) {
       if (bars.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
         options[key] = options[key] || document.querySelector(bars[key]);
@@ -221,17 +223,21 @@
     }
 
     xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    xhr.open('GET', options.url, true);
-    xhr.setRequestHeader('X-PUSH', 'true');
+    if (isFileProtocol) {
+      xhr.open('GET', options.url, false);
+    } else {
+      xhr.open('GET', options.url, true);
+      xhr.setRequestHeader('X-PUSH', 'true');
 
-    xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
-      if (options._timeout) {
-        clearTimeout(options._timeout);
-      }
-      if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
-        xhr.status === 200 ? success(xhr, options) : failure(options.url);
-      }
-    };
+      xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
+        if (options._timeout) {
+          clearTimeout(options._timeout);
+        }
+        if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+          xhr.status === 200 ? success(xhr, options) : failure(options.url);
+        }
+      };
+    }
 
     if (!PUSH.id) {
       cacheReplace({
@@ -249,6 +255,14 @@
 
     xhr.send();
 
+    if (isFileProtocol) {
+      if (xhr.status === 0) {
+        success(xhr, options);
+      } else {
+        failure(options.url);
+      }
+    }
+
     if (xhr.readyState && !options.ignorePush) {
       cachePush();
     }