diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/config/ExtraConfig.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/config/ExtraConfig.java
index fc073741d2aa8705da1a04017f31c620d61fe27d..ee2513d91e4336c49837ae4986a0af389e86d4a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/config/ExtraConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/config/ExtraConfig.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class ExtraConfig {
 		final PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer configurer = new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		configurer.setLocations(new Resource[] {
 				new ClassPathResource("arsnova.properties.example"),
-				new FileSystemResource("file:///etc/arsnova/arsnova.properties"),
+				new FileSystemResource("/etc/arsnova/arsnova.properties"),
 		});
 		configurer.setIgnoreResourceNotFound(true);
 		configurer.setIgnoreUnresolvablePlaceholders(false);