diff --git a/src/ansys/fluent/core/examples/__init__.py b/src/ansys/fluent/core/examples/__init__.py
index d6c8be086485..390207f6e3f8 100644
--- a/src/ansys/fluent/core/examples/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ansys/fluent/core/examples/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-from .downloads import download_file  # noqa: F401
-from .downloads import path  # noqa: F401
+from .downloads import download_file, path  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/src/ansys/fluent/core/examples/downloads.py b/src/ansys/fluent/core/examples/downloads.py
index 016d0dc9e2a6..5cd7cd40b2ec 100644
--- a/src/ansys/fluent/core/examples/downloads.py
+++ b/src/ansys/fluent/core/examples/downloads.py
@@ -135,8 +135,10 @@ def download_file(
 
 
 def path(filename: str):
-    file_path = str(Path(pyfluent.EXAMPLES_PATH) / filename)
-    if os.path.isfile(file_path):
-        return file_path
+    if os.path.isabs(filename):
+        return filename
+    file_path = Path(pyfluent.EXAMPLES_PATH) / filename
+    if file_path.is_file():
+        return str(file_path)
     else:
         raise FileNotFoundError(f"{filename} does not exist.")