diff --git a/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java b/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java
index ab15b80..f2c296d 100644
--- a/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java
+++ b/hyracks-control-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/common/application/ApplicationContext.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     }
 
     private Properties parseDeploymentDescriptor() throws IOException {
-        InputStream in = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("/hyracks-deployment.properties");
+        InputStream in = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("hyracks-deployment.properties");
         Properties props = new Properties();
         if (in != null) {
             try {
@@ -178,4 +178,4 @@
     public boolean containsHar() {
         return getArchiveFile().exists();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}