Maybe that was getting a more global class loader. You could try this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(...); View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3967586#3967586 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3967586