diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e88b8b9..f07191a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>de.extio</groupId>
     <artifactId>game-engine</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.21</version>
+    <version>1.0.22</version>
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>25</java.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/extio/game_engine/resource/StaticResourceServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/de/extio/game_engine/resource/StaticResourceServiceImpl.java
index 0fd0912..cb37b7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/extio/game_engine/resource/StaticResourceServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/extio/game_engine/resource/StaticResourceServiceImpl.java
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ public class StaticResourceServiceImpl implements StaticResourceService {
 		if (location == null) {
 			try {
 				final URL url = StorageServiceImpl.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
-				final Path jarPath = Paths.get(url.toURI()).getParent().toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+				final Path parent = Paths.get(url.toURI()).getParent();
+				final Path jarPath = parent != null ? parent.toAbsolutePath().normalize() : Paths.get(url.toURI()).toAbsolutePath().normalize();
 				
 				final String currentSubDir = jarPath.getFileName().toString();
 				if ("bin".equals(currentSubDir) || "target".equals(currentSubDir)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/extio/game_engine/storage/StorageServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/de/extio/game_engine/storage/StorageServiceImpl.java
index 884d44e..0825aa7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/extio/game_engine/storage/StorageServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/extio/game_engine/storage/StorageServiceImpl.java
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public class StorageServiceImpl implements StorageService {
 		if (location == null) {
 			try {
 				final URL url = StorageServiceImpl.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
-				final Path jarPath = Paths.get(url.toURI()).getParent().toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+				final Path parent = Paths.get(url.toURI()).getParent();
+				final Path jarPath = parent != null ? parent.toAbsolutePath().normalize() : Paths.get(url.toURI()).toAbsolutePath().normalize();
 				
 				final String currentSubDir = jarPath.getFileName().toString();
 				if ("bin".equals(currentSubDir) || "target".equals(currentSubDir)) {