diff --git a/brightray/browser/url_request_context_getter.cc b/brightray/browser/url_request_context_getter.cc
index ecba106e96..8d2abf5a32 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/url_request_context_getter.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/url_request_context_getter.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "browser/network_delegate.h"
 
 #include "base/strings/string_util.h"
+#include "base/threading/sequenced_worker_pool.h"
 #include "base/threading/worker_pool.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/browser_thread.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/cookie_store_factory.h"
@@ -142,7 +143,11 @@ net::URLRequestContext* URLRequestContextGetter::GetURLRequestContext() {
     job_factory->SetProtocolHandler(
         chrome::kDataScheme, new net::DataProtocolHandler);
     job_factory->SetProtocolHandler(
-        chrome::kFileScheme, new net::FileProtocolHandler);
+        chrome::kFileScheme,
+        new net::FileProtocolHandler(
+            content::BrowserThread::GetBlockingPool()->
+                GetTaskRunnerWithShutdownBehavior(
+                    base::SequencedWorkerPool::SKIP_ON_SHUTDOWN)));
     storage_->set_job_factory(job_factory.release());
   }