diff --git a/src/chat.ts b/src/chat.ts
index 613cc07e..768f66ff 100644
--- a/src/chat.ts
+++ b/src/chat.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ export class ChatProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider {
 
   constructor(private _context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
     this._extensionUri = _context.extensionUri;
-    this._assetsUri = vscode.Uri.file(getCodingAssistantAssetsPath());
+    const _assetsPath = getCodingAssistantAssetsPath();
+    // Parsing the path using `file` rather than `parse` allows it to work on Windows
+    // See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-uri/blob/5af89bac2109c0dc7f904b20cc88cac0568747b1/src/uri.ts#L309-L311
+    this._assetsUri = vscode.Uri.file(_assetsPath);
   }
 
   public async resolveWebviewView(