diff -r 74139325d305 -r 08c214a5c52d src/org/sonews/util/io/Resource.java
--- a/src/org/sonews/util/io/Resource.java	Sun Aug 29 18:17:37 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/org/sonews/util/io/Resource.java	Mon Sep 12 20:24:40 2011 +0200
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 package org.sonews.util.io;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@
 		try {
 			URL url = getAsURL(name);
 			if (url == null) {
+				File file = new File(name);
+				if(file.exists()) {
+					return new FileInputStream(file);
+				}
 				return null;
 			} else {
 				return url.openStream();