diff --git a/maxkey-core/src/main/java/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.java b/maxkey-core/src/main/java/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.java
index 117cc8f3..dfe8153e 100644
--- a/maxkey-core/src/main/java/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.java
+++ b/maxkey-core/src/main/java/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.java
@@ -1,71 +1,81 @@
 package org.maxkey.util;
 
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class PathUtils {
-	private final  Logger _logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PathUtils.class);
-	private static PathUtils instance = null;
-	private String classPath;
-	private String appPath;
-	public static String WEB_INFO = "/WEB-INF/";
-	
-	public static synchronized PathUtils getInstance() {
-		if (instance == null) {
-			instance = new PathUtils();
-			instance._logger.debug("getInstance()" +" new PathUtils instance");
-		}
-		return instance;
-	}
+    private static final Logger _logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PathUtils.class);
+    private static PathUtils instance = null;
+    private String classPath;
+    private String appPath;
+    public static String WEB_INFO = "/WEB-INF/";
 
-	public PathUtils() {
-		try {
-			classPath = java.net.URLDecoder.decode(PathUtils.class.getResource("PathUtils.properties").getFile(),"UTF-8");
-			_logger.debug("PathUtils() PathUtils " +classPath);
-		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		}
-		
-		String fileProtocol=PathUtils.class.getResource("PathUtils.properties").getProtocol();
-		_logger.info("Properties Protocol:"+PathUtils.class.getResource("PathUtils.properties").getProtocol());
-		
-		if(fileProtocol.equalsIgnoreCase("file")&&classPath.indexOf("file:")==0){
-			classPath=classPath.substring(5, classPath.length());
-		}else if(fileProtocol.equalsIgnoreCase("jar")&&classPath.indexOf("file:")==0){
-			//   file:/Server/webapps/app
-			classPath=classPath.substring(5, classPath.length());
-		}else if(fileProtocol.equalsIgnoreCase("wsjar")&&classPath.indexOf("file:")==0){
-				classPath=classPath.substring(5, classPath.length());			
-		}else if(classPath.equalsIgnoreCase("file:")){
-			classPath=classPath.substring(5, classPath.length());
-		}
-		
-		_logger.info("PathUtils  Class Path  : " + classPath);
-		classPath=classPath.substring(0,classPath.indexOf("/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.properties"));
-		if(classPath.indexOf(WEB_INFO)==-1) {
-			appPath=classPath.substring(0,classPath.lastIndexOf("/"));
-		}else {
-			appPath=classPath.substring(0,classPath.lastIndexOf(WEB_INFO));
-		}
-		
-		System.setProperty("APP_PATH", appPath);
-		System.setProperty("CLASSES_PATH", classPath);
-		
-		_logger.info("PathUtils  App   Path  : " + appPath);
-		_logger.info("PathUtils  Class Path  : " + classPath);
-	}
-	
-	public  String getAppPath(){
-		return appPath + "/";
-	}
-	
-	public  String getClassPath(){
-		return classPath + "/";
-	}
-	
-	public  String getWebInf(){
-		return (classPath.lastIndexOf(WEB_INFO)>-1)? (appPath + WEB_INFO) : "";
-	}
+    /**
+     * getInstance .
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static synchronized PathUtils getInstance() {
+        if (instance == null) {
+            instance = new PathUtils();
+            PathUtils._logger.debug("getInstance()" + " new PathUtils instance");
+        }
+        return instance;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * PathUtils.
+     */
+    public PathUtils() {
+        try {
+            classPath = java.net.URLDecoder.decode(
+                    PathUtils.class.getResource("PathUtils.xml").getFile(),
+                    "UTF-8"
+            );
+            _logger.debug("PathUtils() PathUtils " + classPath);
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        String fileProtocol = PathUtils.class.getResource("PathUtils.properties").getProtocol();
+        _logger.info("Properties Protocol:" 
+                + PathUtils.class.getResource("PathUtils.properties").getProtocol());
+
+        if (fileProtocol.equalsIgnoreCase("file") && classPath.indexOf("file:") == 0) {
+            classPath = classPath.substring(5, classPath.length());
+        } else if (fileProtocol.equalsIgnoreCase("jar") && classPath.indexOf("file:") == 0) {
+            // file:/Server/webapps/app
+            classPath = classPath.substring(5, classPath.length());
+        } else if (fileProtocol.equalsIgnoreCase("wsjar") && classPath.indexOf("file:") == 0) {
+            classPath = classPath.substring(5, classPath.length());
+        } else if (classPath.equalsIgnoreCase("file:")) {
+            classPath = classPath.substring(5, classPath.length());
+        }
+
+        _logger.info("PathUtils  Class Path  : " + classPath);
+        classPath = classPath.substring(0, classPath.indexOf("/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.xml"));
+        if (classPath.indexOf(WEB_INFO) == -1) {
+            appPath = classPath.substring(0, classPath.lastIndexOf("/"));
+        } else {
+            appPath = classPath.substring(0, classPath.lastIndexOf(WEB_INFO));
+        }
+
+        System.setProperty("APP_PATH", appPath);
+        System.setProperty("CLASSES_PATH", classPath);
+
+        _logger.info("PathUtils  App   Path  : " + appPath);
+        _logger.info("PathUtils  Class Path  : " + classPath);
+    }
+
+    public String getAppPath() {
+        return appPath + "/";
+    }
+
+    public String getClassPath() {
+        return classPath + "/";
+    }
+
+    public String getWebInf() {
+        return (classPath.lastIndexOf(WEB_INFO) > -1) ? (appPath + WEB_INFO) : "";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/maxkey-core/src/main/java/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.properties b/maxkey-core/src/main/java/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index c7292c84..00000000
--- a/maxkey-core/src/main/java/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-org.maxkey.util.PathUtils
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maxkey-core/src/main/java/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.xml b/maxkey-core/src/main/java/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b45ef06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maxkey-core/src/main/java/org/maxkey/util/PathUtils.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<root>
+org.maxkey.util.PathUtils
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file