1 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/FileUtils.java b/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/FileUtils.java
index bb21f4ca0..ae8d83834 100644
--- a/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/common/src/at/gv/egovernment/moa/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 package at.gv.egovernment.moa.util;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 /**
@@ -95,17 +94,19 @@ public class FileUtils {
 	 */
 	public static String makeAbsoluteURL(String url, String root) {
 		//if url is relative to rootConfigFileDirName make it absolute 					
-		try {
-			if(null == url) return  null;
-			URI uri = new URI(url);
-			if (!uri.isAbsolute()) { // make it absolute to the config file
-				uri = new URI(root + url);
-			}
-			return uri.toString();
-		} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-			//if url string could not be converted to absolute URL return source url
-			return url;
-		}
+		
+    File keyFile;
+    String newURL = url;
+
+		if(null == url) return  null;
+
+    // check if absolute - if not make it absolute
+    keyFile = new File(url);
+    if (!keyFile.isAbsolute()) {
+      keyFile = new File(root, url);
+      newURL = keyFile.getPath();
+    }
+    return newURL;
 	}  
   
 }