diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ee6cdce3..b6160487 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.1
+0.6.2
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java b/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java
index 52d87a35..ce3c6a76 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/seqera/tower/cli/commands/LaunchCmd.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ protected Response exec() throws ApiException, IOException {
         Long wspId = workspaceId(workspace.workspace);
 
         // If the pipeline has at least one backslash consider it an external pipeline.
-        if (pipeline.startsWith("https://") || pipeline.startsWith("http://")) {
+        if (pipeline.startsWith("https://") || pipeline.startsWith("http://") || pipeline.startsWith("file:/")) {
             return runNextflowPipeline(wspId);
         }