diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 205932d..bee86d2 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject org.clojars.simon_brooke/internationalisation "1.0.0"
+(defproject org.clojars.simon_brooke/internationalisation "1.0.1"
   :description "Internationalisation library for Clojure"
   :url "https://github.com/simon-brooke/internationalisation"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/src/scot/weft/i18n/core.clj b/src/scot/weft/i18n/core.clj
index b0df4e8..99fcc9b 100644
--- a/src/scot/weft/i18n/core.clj
+++ b/src/scot/weft/i18n/core.clj
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@
       (slurp
         (or
           file-path
-          (str resource-path default-locale ".edn"))))))
+          (.getAbsolutePath
+            (io/file
+              resource-path
+              (str default-locale ".edn"))))))))
 
 
 (def get-messages