diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dbe6564fc8..8b4ca469e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Makes docker and docker-compose deployment of openrouteservice more customizable (Issue #434)
 - Add the possibility to predefine standard maximum search radii in general and for each used profile in the config file (Issue #418)
 ### Fixed
+- fix classpath issues for resources, Windows builds now (#489)
 - isochrone geojson bbox now format compliant (#493)
 - v2 isochrones now respects max_locations in app.config (#482)
 - Updated documentation to reflect correct isochrone smoothing algorithm (Issue #471)
diff --git a/openrouteservice/src/main/java/heigit/ors/config/AppConfig.java b/openrouteservice/src/main/java/heigit/ors/config/AppConfig.java
index f6d35cc629..88495e33d9 100644
--- a/openrouteservice/src/main/java/heigit/ors/config/AppConfig.java
+++ b/openrouteservice/src/main/java/heigit/ors/config/AppConfig.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileFilter;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
-import heigit.ors.routing.RoutingProfileManager;
 import heigit.ors.util.StringUtility;
 import heigit.ors.util.FileUtility;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
@@ -48,20 +46,19 @@ public AppConfig(String path)
 	}
 	
 	public AppConfig()	{
-    	URL url = RoutingProfileManager.class.getClassLoader().getResource("../app.config");
+		File file;
+
 		String appConfigName = "app.config";
 		if(System.getenv("ORS_APP_CONFIG") != null)
 			appConfigName = System.getenv("ORS_APP_CONFIG");
     	try {
 
     		ClassPathResource rs = new ClassPathResource(appConfigName);
-    		url = rs.getURL();
+			file = rs.getFile();
+			_config = ConfigFactory.parseFile(file);
 		} catch (IOException ioe) {
     		LOGGER.error(ioe);
 		}
-    	
-    	File file = new File(url.getPath());
-		_config = ConfigFactory.parseFile(file);
 
 		//Modification by H Leuschner: Save md5 hash of map file in static String for access with every request
 		File graphsDir = new File(getServiceParameter("routing.profiles.default_params", "graphs_root_path"));
diff --git a/openrouteservice/src/main/java/heigit/ors/localization/LocalizationManager.java b/openrouteservice/src/main/java/heigit/ors/localization/LocalizationManager.java
index 9bf5d1ca27..38a1e2146f 100644
--- a/openrouteservice/src/main/java/heigit/ors/localization/LocalizationManager.java
+++ b/openrouteservice/src/main/java/heigit/ors/localization/LocalizationManager.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 package heigit.ors.localization;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -31,6 +29,9 @@
 
 import heigit.ors.util.StringUtility;
 
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
+
 public class LocalizationManager {
 	protected static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LocalizationManager.class);
 
@@ -59,20 +60,19 @@ public static LocalizationManager getInstance() throws Exception
 
 	private void loadLocalizations() throws Exception
 	{
-		File classFile = new File(getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getFile());
-		String classPath = classFile.getAbsolutePath();
-		String classesPath = classPath.substring(0, classPath.indexOf("classes") + "classes".length());
-		Path localesPath = Paths.get(classesPath, "resources", "locales");
+		PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver resource_pattern = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
 
 		String filePattern = "ors_(.*?).resources";
-		Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(filePattern);
+		String resourcePattern = "/resources/**/ors_*.resources";
 
-		File[] files = new File(localesPath.toString()).listFiles();
+		Resource[] resources = resource_pattern.getResources(resourcePattern);
+		Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(filePattern);
 
-		if (files == null)
+		if (resources.length == 0)
 			throw new Exception("Resources can not be found.");
 
-		for (File file : files) {
+		for (Resource res : resources) {
+			File file = res.getFile();
 			try
 			{
 				if (file.isFile()) {