diff --git a/connect/reports/renderers/pdf.py b/connect/reports/renderers/pdf.py
index 8669b5f..05d89aa 100644
--- a/connect/reports/renderers/pdf.py
+++ b/connect/reports/renderers/pdf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #  Copyright © 2021 CloudBlue. All rights reserved.
-
+import pathlib
 import os
 from datetime import datetime
 from functools import partial
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 
 def local_fetcher(url, root_dir=None, template_dir=None, cwd=None):
+    tpl_dir_path = pathlib.Path(os.path.abspath(root_dir)) / pathlib.Path(template_dir)
+    tpl_dir_url = tpl_dir_path.as_uri()
     if url.startswith(f'file://{cwd}'):
         rel_path = os.path.relpath(url[7:], cwd)
         new_path = os.path.join(
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ def local_fetcher(url, root_dir=None, template_dir=None, cwd=None):
             rel_path,
         )
         url = f'file://{new_path}'
-    elif url.startswith(f'file://{os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root_dir, template_dir))}'):
+    elif url.startswith(tpl_dir_url):
         count = url.count(template_dir)
         if url.count(template_dir) > 1:
             url = url.replace(f'{template_dir}/', '', count - 1)
diff --git a/tests/reports/renderers/test_pdf.py b/tests/reports/renderers/test_pdf.py
index b6406c6..ab3576e 100644
--- a/tests/reports/renderers/test_pdf.py
+++ b/tests/reports/renderers/test_pdf.py
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ def test_local_fetcher(mocker, url, expected_url):
     def_fetcher.assert_called_once_with(expected_url)
 
 
+def test_local_fetcher_root_with_spaces(mocker):
+    url = 'file:///root%20dir/template_dir/template_dir/image.png'
+    expected_url = 'file:///root%20dir/template_dir/image.png'
+    def_fetcher = mocker.patch('connect.reports.renderers.pdf.default_url_fetcher')
+
+    local_fetcher(url, root_dir='/root dir', template_dir='template_dir', cwd='/tmp/my_temp_dir')
+
+    def_fetcher.assert_called_once_with(expected_url)
+
+
 def test_generate_report(mocker, account_factory, report_factory, report_data):
     mocker.patch(
         'connect.reports.renderers.pdf.Jinja2Renderer.generate_report',