diff --git a/cads_processing_api_service/utils.py b/cads_processing_api_service/utils.py
index c4a0f3c..d5cd092 100644
--- a/cads_processing_api_service/utils.py
+++ b/cads_processing_api_service/utils.py
@@ -471,10 +471,10 @@ def get_job_from_broker_db(
     return job
 
 
-def update_results_href(href: str, data_volume: str | None = None) -> str:
+def update_results_href(local_path: str, data_volume: str | None = None) -> str:
     if data_volume is None:
         data_volume = config.ensure_settings().data_volume
-    file_path = urllib.parse.urlparse(href).path
+    file_path = local_path.split("://", 1)[-1]
     results_href = urllib.parse.urljoin(data_volume, file_path)
     return results_href
 
@@ -510,8 +510,7 @@ def get_results_from_job(
             raise exceptions.JobResultsExpired(
                 detail=f"results of job {job_id} expired"
             )
-        if "href" in asset_value:
-            asset_value["href"] = update_results_href(asset_value["href"])
+        asset_value["href"] = update_results_href(asset_value["file:local_path"])
         results = {"asset": {"value": asset_value}}
     elif job_status == "failed":
         error_messages = get_job_events(
diff --git a/tests/test_30_utils.py b/tests/test_30_utils.py
index e3cbbcb..b3f3075 100644
--- a/tests/test_30_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_30_utils.py
@@ -245,9 +245,15 @@ def test_get_job_from_broker_db() -> None:
 
 
 def test_update_results_href() -> None:
-    href = "http://base_path/results/1234"
     data_volume = "http://data_volume/"
-    updated_href = utils.update_results_href(href, data_volume)
+
+    local_path = "protocol://results/1234"
+    updated_href = utils.update_results_href(local_path, data_volume)
+    exp_updated_href = "http://data_volume/results/1234"
+    assert updated_href == exp_updated_href
+
+    local_path = "results/1234"
+    updated_href = utils.update_results_href(local_path, data_volume)
     exp_updated_href = "http://data_volume/results/1234"
     assert updated_href == exp_updated_href
 
@@ -259,12 +265,26 @@ def test_get_results_from_job() -> None:
             "status": "successful",
             "request_uid": "1234",
             "cache_entry": cacholote.database.CacheEntry(
-                result={"args": [{"key": "value"}]}
+                result={
+                    "args": [{"key": "value", "file:local_path": "test_local_path"}]
+                }
             ),
         }
     )
-    results = utils.get_results_from_job(job, session=mock_session)
-    exp_results = {"asset": {"value": {"key": "value"}}}
+    with unittest.mock.patch(
+        "cads_processing_api_service.utils.update_results_href"
+    ) as mock_update_results_href:
+        mock_update_results_href.return_value = "test_href"
+        results = utils.get_results_from_job(job, session=mock_session)
+    exp_results = {
+        "asset": {
+            "value": {
+                "key": "value",
+                "file:local_path": "test_local_path",
+                "href": "test_href",
+            }
+        }
+    }
     assert results == exp_results
 
     job = cads_broker.SystemRequest(