diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/util/WebappHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/util/WebappHelper.java
index f6bdb2e0395b3d67fecca0dda5b54966c3ddac83..5845c5d1592428050ebc848e46f8cad67ed5ee2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/util/WebappHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/util/WebappHelper.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class WebappHelper implements Initializable, Destroyable, ServletContextA
 		servletContextPath = servletContext.getContextPath();
 		
 		try {
-			InputStream meta = servletContext.getResourceAsStream("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
+			InputStream meta = servletContext.getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
 			if(meta != null) {
 				try {
 					Properties props = new Properties();