diff --git a/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mlib/config/ConfigManager.java b/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mlib/config/ConfigManager.java
index fca52fcc..2e5e1af7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mlib/config/ConfigManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mediathekview/mlib/config/ConfigManager.java
@@ -38,15 +38,21 @@ protected void initializeConfigAfterRead(final T config) {
     // Do something after the configuration is read
   }
   
+  /*
+   * check if the given file exists in FS or
+   * try to read a resource from filesystem
+   */
   public String getResourcePath(String resourceName) {
     try {
-      ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
-      URL resourceUrl = classLoader.getResource(resourceName);
-      if (resourceUrl != null) {
+      if (new java.io.File(resourceName).exists()) {
+        return resourceName;
+      } else {       
+        ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
+        URL resourceUrl = classLoader.getResource(resourceName);
+        if (resourceUrl != null) {
           Path resourcePath = Paths.get(resourceUrl.toURI());
           return resourcePath.toString();
-      } else {
-        return resourceName;
+        }
       }
     } catch(Exception e) {}
     return null;
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/mediathekview/mlib/config/ConfigManagerTest.java b/src/test/java/de/mediathekview/mlib/config/ConfigManagerTest.java
index c1c3af27..5b35de4a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/mediathekview/mlib/config/ConfigManagerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/mediathekview/mlib/config/ConfigManagerTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  */
 @TestMethodOrder(org.junit.jupiter.api.MethodOrderer.OrderAnnotation.class)
 class ConfigManagerTest {
-  private final String TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "TestConfig.yaml";
+  private static final String TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "TestConfig.yaml";
 
   class TestConfigManager extends ConfigManager<TestConfigDTO> {
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ private TestConfigManager() {
 
     @Override
     protected String getConfigFileName() {
-      return (TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+      return TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -53,13 +53,38 @@ void testGetConfigFileName() {
   void testGetConfigClass() {
     assertThat(new TestConfigManager().getConfigClass()).isEqualTo(TestConfigDTO.class);
   }
-
+  
   @Test
   @Order(3)
   void testReadClasspathConfig() {
     final TestConfigDTO classpathConfig = new TestConfigManager().getConfig();
-    assertThat(classpathConfig.getValueWithDefault()).isEqualTo("TestValue");
-    assertThat(classpathConfig.getValueWithoutDefault()).isEqualTo("Some other test value");
+    assertThat(classpathConfig.getValueWithDefault()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
+    assertThat(classpathConfig.getValueWithoutDefault()).isEqualTo("Not the default, sorry!");
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  @Order(4)
+  void testReadFileConfig() throws IOException {
+
+    writeTempTestFileConfig();
+
+    final TestConfigDTO fileConfig = new TestConfigManager().getConfig();
+    assertThat(fileConfig.getValueWithDefault()).isEqualTo("FileConfig");
+    assertThat(fileConfig.getValueWithoutDefault()).isEqualTo("Some other test value");
+  }
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  void deleteExistingFiles() throws IOException {
+    Files.deleteIfExists(Paths.get(TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME));
+  }
+
+  private void writeTempTestFileConfig() throws IOException {
+    final Path tempConfigPath = Paths.get("./" + TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+
+    Files.write(
+        tempConfigPath,
+        Arrays.asList("valueWithDefault: FileConfig", "valueWithoutDefault: Some other test value"),
+        StandardOpenOption.CREATE,
+        StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING);
   }
-    
 }