diff --git a/webknossos/Changelog.md b/webknossos/Changelog.md
index 6179a0194..46c7ce56b 100644
--- a/webknossos/Changelog.md
+++ b/webknossos/Changelog.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ For upgrade instructions, please check the respective _Breaking Changes_ section
 ### Changed
 
 ### Fixed
+- Fixes bug in FSStore creation when using local paths for zarr data format. [#955](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos-libs/pull/955)
 
 
 ## [0.14.2](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos-libs/releases/tag/v0.14.2) - 2023-10-18
diff --git a/webknossos/webknossos/dataset/_array.py b/webknossos/webknossos/dataset/_array.py
index 51cbf56c2..a3c3c64eb 100644
--- a/webknossos/webknossos/dataset/_array.py
+++ b/webknossos/webknossos/dataset/_array.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from zarr.storage import FSStore
 
 from ..geometry import BoundingBox, Vec3Int, Vec3IntLike
-from ..utils import warn_deprecated
+from ..utils import is_fs_path, warn_deprecated
 from .data_format import DataFormat
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def _is_power_of_two(num: int) -> bool:
 
 def _fsstore_from_path(path: Path, mode: str = "a") -> FSStore:
     storage_options = {}
-    if isinstance(path, UPath):
+    if isinstance(path, UPath) and not is_fs_path(path):
         storage_options = path._kwargs.copy()
         storage_options.pop("_url", None)
         return FSStore(url=str(path), mode=mode, **storage_options)