anonymous wrote : prop.load(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(PROP_FILE_NAME)); I usually do it this way, whenever i am loading a properties file: prop.load(this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(PROP_FILE_NAME)); Assuming that the PROP_FILE_NAME is just the name of the file and not the path, then that file should be present directly inside the war/ear/jar. If the PROP_FILE_NAME is something like "/conf/myprops/someprop.properties" then this is how the directory structure will look like: | myApp.war | | | |------------ META-INF | | | | | |------------- conf | | |------ myprops | | |------------ someprop.properties | | | |------------- WEB-INF | | |--------- classes | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3987226#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...