diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/ProductionConfigLoader.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/ProductionConfigLoader.java
index 9d53f645f..1e2d36e3b 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/ProductionConfigLoader.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/proxy/config/configloaders/ProductionConfigLoader.java
@@ -74,16 +74,25 @@ public class ProductionConfigLoader implements ConfigLoader {
         String filePath = environment.getProperty("configuration.rda");
         BufferedReader reader;
         List<String> rdaList = new LinkedList<>();
-        try {
-            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath));
-            String line = reader.readLine();
-            while (line != null) {
-                rdaList.add(line);
-                line = reader.readLine();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+            try {
+                if (i == 0) {
+                    reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath));
+                } else {
+                    reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(filePath).getFile()));
+                }
+                String line = reader.readLine();
+                while (line != null) {
+                    rdaList.add(line);
+                    line = reader.readLine();
+                }
+                reader.close();
+                break;
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                if (i == 1) {
+                    logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+                }
             }
-            reader.close();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
         }
 
         rdaProperties = rdaList;
@@ -92,16 +101,25 @@ public class ProductionConfigLoader implements ConfigLoader {
     private void setDocument() {
         String filePath = environment.getProperty("configuration.h2020template");
         InputStream is = null;
-        try {
-            is = new URL(Paths.get(filePath).toUri().toURL().toString()).openStream();
-            this.document = new XWPFDocument(is);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
-        } finally {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
             try {
-                if (is != null) is.close();
+                if (i == 0) {
+                    is = new URL(Paths.get(filePath).toUri().toURL().toString()).openStream();
+                } else {
+                    is = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(filePath).openStream();
+                }
+                this.document = new XWPFDocument(is);
+                is.close();
+                is = null;
+                break;
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                logger.warn("Warning: Could not close a stream after reading from file: " + filePath, e);
+                logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if (is != null) is.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    logger.warn("Warning: Could not close a stream after reading from file: " + filePath, e);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -113,11 +131,11 @@ public class ProductionConfigLoader implements ConfigLoader {
             File tempFile = new File(filePath);
             if (tempFile.exists()) {
                 is = new URL(Paths.get(filePath).toUri().toURL().toString()).openStream();
-                ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
-                this.configurableProviders = objectMapper.readValue(is, ConfigurableProviders.class);
             } else {
-                this.configurableProviders = new ConfigurableProviders();
+                is = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(filePath).openStream();
             }
+            ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+            this.configurableProviders = objectMapper.readValue(is, ConfigurableProviders.class);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
         } finally {
@@ -179,6 +197,7 @@ public class ProductionConfigLoader implements ConfigLoader {
         InputStream is = null;
         Document doc;
         try {
+            System.out.println(filePath);
             is = new URL(Paths.get(filePath).toUri().toURL().toString()).openStream();
             DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
             DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/config/application-staging.properties b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/config/application-staging.properties
index 4b92d0245..7dee84b05 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/config/application-staging.properties
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/config/application-staging.properties
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ pdf.converter.url=http://docsbox-web/
 
 ####################CONFIGURATION FILES OVERRIDES CONFIGURATIONS##########
 configuration.externalUrls=externalUrls/ExternalUrls.xml
-configuration.rda=/tmp/RDACommonStandards.txt
+configuration.rda=RDACommonStandards.txt
 configuration.h2020template=documents/h2020.docx
-configuration.configurable_login_providers=/tmp/ConfigurableLoginProviders.json
+configuration.configurable_login_providers=ConfigurableLoginProviders.json
 
 ####################INVITATION MAIL CONFIGURATIONS##############
 ####################GENERIC MAIL CONFIGURATIONS#################