diff --git a/console/src/main/java/org/jline/console/impl/ConsoleEngineImpl.java b/console/src/main/java/org/jline/console/impl/ConsoleEngineImpl.java
index d8e1a094..0c1d22f4 100644
--- a/console/src/main/java/org/jline/console/impl/ConsoleEngineImpl.java
+++ b/console/src/main/java/org/jline/console/impl/ConsoleEngineImpl.java
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ private String expandParameterName(String parameter) {
 
         private void internalExecute() throws Exception {
             if (isEngineScript()) {
-                result = engine.execute(script, expandParameters(args));
+                result = engine.execute(script.toFile(), expandParameters(args));
             } else if (isConsoleScript()) {
                 executing = true;
                 boolean done = true;
@@ -669,9 +669,12 @@ public Object execute(String cmd, String line, String[] args) throws Exception {
         if (parser().validCommandName(cmd)) {
             file = new ScriptFile(cmd, line, args);
         } else {
-            Path f = Paths.get(line.split("\\s+")[0]);
-            if (Files.exists(f)) {
-                file = new ScriptFile(f, line, args);
+            try {
+                Path f = Paths.get(line.split("\\s+")[0]);
+                if (Files.exists(f)) {
+                    file = new ScriptFile(f, line, args);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception ignore) {
             }
         }
         if (file != null && file.execute()) {