diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bb9bf510b1..6746592975 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ jobs:
         # Add email to link commits to user
         - git config user.email "${GIT_EMAIL}"
         # Skip building of release commits
-        - mvn --batch-mode -q -DscmCommentPrefix="[maven-release-plugin][skip ci] " -Dusername="${GIT_USERNAME}" -Dpassword="${GIT_PASSWORD}" -DskipTests -Darguments=-DskipTests release:clean release:prepare release:perform
\ No newline at end of file
+        - mvn --batch-mode -q -DscmCommentPrefix="[maven-release-plugin][skip ci] " -Dusername="${GIT_USERNAME}" -Dpassword="${GIT_PASSWORD}" -DskipTests -Darguments=-DskipTests release:clean release:prepare release:perform
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alfresco/util/ConfigFileFinder.java b/src/main/java/org/alfresco/util/ConfigFileFinder.java
index 5b89a3a375..f097bb743a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alfresco/util/ConfigFileFinder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alfresco/util/ConfigFileFinder.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Reader;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public abstract class ConfigFileFinder
             AtomicBoolean somethingRead = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
             // Try reading resources in a jar
-            final File jarFile = new File(getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath());
+            final File jarFile = new File(getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI());
             if (jarFile.isFile())
             {
                 readFromJar(jarFile, path, log, successReadingConfig, somethingRead);
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ public abstract class ConfigFileFinder
                 log.debug("No config read from "+path);
             }
         }
-        catch (IOException e)
+        catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e)
         {
             log.error("Error reading from "+path, e);
             successReadingConfig.set(false);