diff --git a/url_checker.go b/url_checker.go
index 47934d9..c570975 100644
--- a/url_checker.go
+++ b/url_checker.go
@@ -22,20 +22,14 @@ func newURLChecker(t time.Duration, d string, s semaphore) urlChecker {
 }
 
 func (c urlChecker) Check(u string, f string) error {
-	u, err := c.resolveURL(u, f)
+	u, local, err := c.resolveURL(u, f)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	uu, err := url.Parse(u)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if uu.Scheme == "" {
-		_, err := os.Stat(uu.Path)
+	if local {
+		_, err := os.Stat(u)
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -67,24 +61,24 @@ func (c urlChecker) CheckMany(us []string, f string, rc chan<- urlResult) {
 	close(rc)
 }
 
-func (c urlChecker) resolveURL(u string, f string) (string, error) {
+func (c urlChecker) resolveURL(u string, f string) (string, bool, error) {
 	uu, err := url.Parse(u)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", false, err
 	}
 
 	if uu.Scheme != "" {
-		return u, nil
+		return u, false, nil
 	}
 
 	if !path.IsAbs(uu.Path) {
-		return path.Join(path.Dir(f), uu.Path), nil
+		return path.Join(path.Dir(f), uu.Path), true, nil
 	}
 
 	if c.documentRoot == "" {
-		return "", errors.New("document root directory is not specified")
+		return "", false, errors.New("document root directory is not specified")
 	}
 
-	return path.Join(c.documentRoot, uu.Path), nil
+	return path.Join(c.documentRoot, uu.Path), true, nil
 }
diff --git a/url_checker_test.go b/url_checker_test.go
index e0df8b0..03b2d89 100644
--- a/url_checker_test.go
+++ b/url_checker_test.go
@@ -47,21 +47,25 @@ func TestURLCheckerCheckMany(t *testing.T) {
 func TestURLCheckerResolveURL(t *testing.T) {
 	f := newURLChecker(0, "", newSemaphore(1024))
 
-	for _, c := range []struct{ source, target string }{
-		{"foo", "foo"},
-		{"https://google.com", "https://google.com"},
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		source, target string
+		local          bool
+	}{
+		{"foo", "foo", true},
+		{"https://google.com", "https://google.com", false},
 	} {
-		u, err := f.resolveURL(c.source, "foo.md")
+		u, local, err := f.resolveURL(c.source, "foo.md")
 
 		assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, c.target, u)
+		assert.Equal(t, c.local, local)
 	}
 }
 
 func TestURLCheckerResolveURLWithAbsolutePath(t *testing.T) {
 	f := newURLChecker(0, "", newSemaphore(1024))
 
-	u, err := f.resolveURL("/foo", "foo.md")
+	u, _, err := f.resolveURL("/foo", "foo.md")
 
 	assert.NotEqual(t, nil, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, "", u)
@@ -70,14 +74,18 @@ func TestURLCheckerResolveURLWithAbsolutePath(t *testing.T) {
 func TestURLCheckerResolveURLWithDocumentRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	f := newURLChecker(0, "foo", newSemaphore(1024))
 
-	for _, c := range []struct{ source, target string }{
-		{"foo", "foo"},
-		{"https://google.com", "https://google.com"},
-		{"/foo", "foo/foo"},
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		source, target string
+		local          bool
+	}{
+		{"foo", "foo", true},
+		{"https://google.com", "https://google.com", false},
+		{"/foo", "foo/foo", true},
 	} {
-		u, err := f.resolveURL(c.source, "foo.md")
+		u, local, err := f.resolveURL(c.source, "foo.md")
 
 		assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, c.target, u)
+		assert.Equal(t, c.local, local)
 	}
 }