1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/examples/widgets/richtext/textedit/textedit.cpp b/examples/widgets/richtext/textedit/textedit.cpp
index f99fa306df..7708b25a24 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/richtext/textedit/textedit.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/richtext/textedit/textedit.cpp
@@ -419,18 +419,18 @@ bool TextEdit::load(const QString &f)
     QByteArray data = file.readAll();
     QTextCodec *codec = Qt::codecForHtml(data);
     QString str = codec->toUnicode(data);
-    QUrl baseUrl = (f.front() == QLatin1Char(':') ? QUrl(f) : QUrl::fromLocalFile(f)).adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename);
-    textEdit->document()->setBaseUrl(baseUrl);
     if (Qt::mightBeRichText(str)) {
+        QUrl baseUrl = (f.front() == QLatin1Char(':') ? QUrl(f) : QUrl::fromLocalFile(f)).adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename);
+        textEdit->document()->setBaseUrl(baseUrl);
         textEdit->setHtml(str);
     } else {
 #if QT_CONFIG(textmarkdownreader)
         QMimeDatabase db;
         if (db.mimeTypeForFileNameAndData(f, data).name() == QLatin1String("text/markdown"))
-            textEdit->setMarkdown(str);
+            textEdit->setMarkdown(QString::fromUtf8(data));
         else
 #endif
-            textEdit->setPlainText(QString::fromLocal8Bit(data));
+            textEdit->setPlainText(QString::fromUtf8(data));
     }
 
     setCurrentFileName(f);