diff --git a/apps/jetty/java/src/net/i2p/jetty/JettyStart.java b/apps/jetty/java/src/net/i2p/jetty/JettyStart.java
index cbf54fb5d..162301119 100644
--- a/apps/jetty/java/src/net/i2p/jetty/JettyStart.java
+++ b/apps/jetty/java/src/net/i2p/jetty/JettyStart.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 // limitations under the License.
 // ========================================================================
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Connector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.NetworkConnector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration;
 
 /**
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public class JettyStart implements ClientApp {
     private final ClientAppManager _mgr;
     private final String[] _args;
     private final List<LifeCycle> _jettys;
+    // warning, may be null if called from main
     private final I2PAppContext _context;
     private volatile ClientAppState _state;
     private volatile int _port;
@@ -82,23 +84,18 @@ public class JettyStart implements ClientApp {
     public void parseArgs(String[] args) throws Exception {
         Properties properties=new Properties();
         XmlConfiguration last=null;
-        Resource r = null;
         for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+            File f = new File(args[i]);
             if (args[i].toLowerCase().endsWith(".properties")) {
+                InputStream in = null;
                 try {
-                    r = Resource.newResource(args[i]);
-                    properties.load(r.getInputStream());
+                    in = new FileInputStream(f);
+                    properties.load(in);
                 } finally {
-                    if (r != null) r.close();
+                    if (in != null) try { in.close(); } catch (IOException ioe) {}
                 }
             } else {
-                URL configUrl;
-                try {
-                    r = Resource.newResource(args[i]);
-                    configUrl = r.getURL();
-                } finally {
-                    if (r != null) r.close();
-                }
+                URL configUrl = f.toURI().toURL();
                 XmlConfiguration configuration = new XmlConfiguration(configUrl);
                 if (last!=null)
                     configuration.getIdMap().putAll(last.getIdMap());