diff --git a/batch-and-integration/src/main/java/edabatch/BatchConfiguration.java b/batch-and-integration/src/main/java/edabatch/BatchConfiguration.java
index c01af53..0610a47 100644
--- a/batch-and-integration/src/main/java/edabatch/BatchConfiguration.java
+++ b/batch-and-integration/src/main/java/edabatch/BatchConfiguration.java
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.web.client.HttpStatusCodeException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
-
+import java.io.File;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 @Configuration
@@ -79,10 +80,11 @@ Job job(JobBuilderFactory jobBuilderFactory,
 	@Bean
 	@StepScope
 	FlatFileItemReader<Contact> fileReader(
-			@Value("file://#{jobParameters['file']}") Resource pathToFile) throws Exception {
+			@Value("file://#{jobParameters['file']}") File pathToFile) throws Exception {
+		Resource resource = new UrlResource(pathToFile.toURI());
 		return new FlatFileItemReaderBuilder<Contact>()
 				.name("file-reader")
-				.resource(pathToFile)
+				.resource(resource)
 				.targetType(Contact.class)
 				.delimited().names("fullName,email".split(","))
 				.build();
@@ -117,4 +119,4 @@ JdbcBatchItemWriter<Contact> jdbcWriter(DataSource dataSource) {
 				.sql("insert into CONTACT( full_name, email, valid_email ) values ( :fullName, :email, :validEmail )")
 				.build();
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}