diff --git a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/main.py b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/main.py
index 74221f1aea..db25c479b7 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/main.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class DoclingLoader:
                 f'{self.url}/v1/convert/file',
                 files={
                     'files': (
-                        self.file_path,
+                        os.path.basename(self.file_path),
                         f,
                         self.mime_type or 'application/octet-stream',
                     )