diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef09598..aaeedd2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 		<tomcat.version>8.0.42</tomcat.version>
 		<jersey.version>2.25.1</jersey.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem/common-smartgears.git</connection>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/configuration/container/ContainerConfigurationBinder.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/configuration/container/ContainerConfigurationBinder.java
index 382a803..f24928a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/configuration/container/ContainerConfigurationBinder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/configuration/container/ContainerConfigurationBinder.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class ContainerConfigurationBinder {
 
 	public SmartgearsConfiguration loadSmartgearsProperty() {
 		try {
-		Ini configurator = new Ini(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("smartgears-config.ini"));
+		Ini configurator = new Ini(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/smartgears-config.ini"));
 		String version = configurator.get("smartgears").get("version");
 		return new SmartgearsConfiguration(version);
 		}catch (Exception e) {