diff --git a/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx b/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx
index b246f3b..c6e2cab 100755
--- a/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/uri/decode.pyx
@@ -226,34 +226,34 @@ def open_uri(uri,
                         type(dms[1]),
                         urlunparse(urip),
                         len(dms[0]))
-            if dms[1]:
-                try:
-                    resource=open_dms_element(dms[0],
-                                              dms[1],
-                                              create,
-                                              newviewtype)
-                                    
-                    scheme=b"dms"
-                    urip = ParseResultBytes(scheme=b"dms", 
-                                            netloc=urip.netloc, 
-                                            path=urip.path,
-                                            params=urip.params, 
-                                            query=urip.query, 
-                                            fragment=urip.fragment)
-                    
-                    if default_dms is None:
-                        config["obi"]["defaultdms"]=resource[0]
-                                    
-                    return (resource[0],
-                            resource[1],
-                            type(resource[1]),
-                            urlunparse(urip),
-                            len(resource[1]))
-                except Exception as e:
-                    global obi_errno
-                    if obi_errno == OBIVIEW_ALREADY_EXISTS_ERROR:
-                        raise Exception("View name already exists in this DMS")
-                    error=e
+            #if dms[1]:
+            try:
+                resource=open_dms_element(dms[0],
+                                          dms[1],
+                                          create,
+                                          newviewtype)
+                                
+                scheme=b"dms"
+                urip = ParseResultBytes(scheme=b"dms", 
+                                        netloc=urip.netloc, 
+                                        path=urip.path,
+                                        params=urip.params, 
+                                        query=urip.query, 
+                                        fragment=urip.fragment)
+                
+                if default_dms is None:
+                    config["obi"]["defaultdms"]=resource[0]
+                                
+                return (resource[0],
+                        resource[1],
+                        type(resource[1]),
+                        urlunparse(urip),
+                        len(resource[1]))
+            except Exception as e:
+                global obi_errno
+                if obi_errno == OBIVIEW_ALREADY_EXISTS_ERROR:
+                    raise Exception("View name already exists in this DMS")
+                error=e
          
     if scheme==b"dms" :
         logger('Error','Could not open DMS URI: %s', uri)