diff --git a/examples/web-cordis/cordis.yml b/examples/web-cordis/cordis.yml
index 80b598c696..39144fe783 100644
--- a/examples/web-cordis/cordis.yml
+++ b/examples/web-cordis/cordis.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
         config:
           host: 127.0.0.1
           port: 3081
-          distIndex: !!js "new URL('./apps/web/dist/index.html', 'file://' + process.cwd() + '/').pathname"
+          # Plain concatenation, not URL.pathname: a cwd with spaces
+          # percent-encodes through the URL round-trip and the encoded
+          # path never resolves.
+          distIndex: !!js "process.cwd() + '/apps/web/dist/index.html'"
       - insert:
           - id: tool-cordis
             name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-cordis'