diff --git a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/util/JarUtil.java b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/util/JarUtil.java
index 545cfa581..57a21e85d 100644
--- a/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/util/JarUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/net/sf/openrocket/util/JarUtil.java
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 package net.sf.openrocket.util;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.security.CodeSource;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 
 import net.sf.openrocket.database.Database;
 
-public class JarUtil {
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+public class JarUtil {
+	
+	private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JarUtil.class);
+	
 	/**
 	 * Return the a File object pointing to the JAR file that this class belongs to,
 	 * or <code>null</code> if it cannot be found.
@@ -20,16 +27,40 @@ public class JarUtil {
 		// Find the jar file this class is contained in
 		
 		URL jarUrl = null;
+		
 		CodeSource codeSource;
 		try {
 			codeSource = new URL("rsrc:.").openConnection().getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource();
+			logger.debug("Found jar file using rsrc URL");
 		} catch (Throwable e) {
 			codeSource = Database.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource();
 		}
 		
-		if (codeSource != null)
+		if (codeSource != null) {
+			logger.debug("Found jar file using codeSource");
 			jarUrl = codeSource.getLocation();
+		}
 		
+		if (jarUrl == null) {
+			try {
+				ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+				Enumeration<URL> urls = cl.getResources("README.TXT");
+				if (!urls.hasMoreElements()) {
+					return null;
+				}
+				URL readmeURL = urls.nextElement();
+				jarUrl = readmeURL;
+				String urlString = readmeURL.toString();
+				// cut off the trailing path component:
+				urlString = urlString.substring(0, urlString.length() - "!/README.TXT".length());
+				// cut off the prefix jar:
+				urlString = urlString.substring("jar:".length());
+				logger.debug("jar file location using README.TXT is {}", urlString);
+				jarUrl = new URL(urlString);
+				logger.debug("Found jar file using README.TXT location");
+			} catch (IOException e1) {
+			}
+		}
 		if (jarUrl == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -40,15 +71,13 @@ public class JarUtil {
 		return null;
 	}
 	
-	
-
 	public static File urlToFile(URL url) {
 		URI uri;
 		try {
 			uri = url.toURI();
 		} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
 			try {
-				uri = new URI(url.getProtocol(), url.getUserInfo(), url.getHost(), 
+				uri = new URI(url.getProtocol(), url.getUserInfo(), url.getHost(),
 						url.getPort(), url.getPath(), url.getQuery(), url.getRef());
 			} catch (URISyntaxException e1) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Broken URL: " + url);