diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c685ad8..c3cf6503 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ app:
 
 If you run into issues, you can disable the new implementation and revert to the previous behavior by setting the `multiThreadedConsumer` property to `false`.
 
+#### Bug fixes
+- [ISSUE-159](https://github.com/SourceLabOrg/kafka-webview/issues/159) Fix for file uploads in Windows environment.  Thanks for the contribution @[quentingodeau](https://github.com/quentingodeau)!
+
+
 #### Internal Dependency Updates
 - Upgrade from Spring Boot 2.0.8 to 2.0.9
 
diff --git a/kafka-webview-ui/src/main/java/org/sourcelab/kafka/webview/ui/manager/plugin/PluginFactory.java b/kafka-webview-ui/src/main/java/org/sourcelab/kafka/webview/ui/manager/plugin/PluginFactory.java
index cf6de463..dcbaafa6 100644
--- a/kafka-webview-ui/src/main/java/org/sourcelab/kafka/webview/ui/manager/plugin/PluginFactory.java
+++ b/kafka-webview-ui/src/main/java/org/sourcelab/kafka/webview/ui/manager/plugin/PluginFactory.java
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ public Class<? extends T> getPluginClass(final String jarName, final String clas
             final Path absolutePath = getPathForJar(jarName);
             final URL jarUrl = absolutePath.toUri().toURL();
             final ClassLoader pluginClassLoader = new PluginClassLoader(jarUrl, getClass().getClassLoader());
-            //final ClassLoader pluginClassLoader = new PluginClassLoader(jarUrl);
             return getPluginClass(pluginClassLoader, classpath);
         } catch (MalformedURLException exception) {
             throw new LoaderException("Unable to load jar " + jarName, exception);
@@ -146,9 +145,10 @@ public T getPlugin(final String jarName, final String classpath) throws LoaderEx
      * Check if instance of the class given at the classpath can be load from the given Jar.
      * @param jarName Jar to load the class from
      * @param classpath Classpath to class.
+     * @return boolean true on success.
      * @throws LoaderException LoaderException When we run into issues.
      */
-    public void checkPlugin(final String jarName, final String classpath) throws LoaderException {
+    public boolean checkPlugin(final String jarName, final String classpath) throws LoaderException {
         try {
             final Path absolutePath = getPathForJar(jarName);
             final URL jarUrl = absolutePath.toUri().toURL();
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ public void checkPlugin(final String jarName, final String classpath) throws Loa
             try (URLClassLoader pluginClassLoader = new PluginClassLoader(jarUrl, getClass().getClassLoader())) {
                 Class<? extends T> pluginClass = getPluginClass(pluginClassLoader, classpath);
                 pluginClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
+
+                return true;
             }
-        } catch (MalformedURLException exception) {
-            throw new LoaderException("Unable to load jar " + jarName, exception);
-        } catch (IOException exception) {
+        } catch (final IOException exception) {
             throw new LoaderException("Unable to load jar " + jarName, exception);
         } catch (final NoClassDefFoundError e) {
             // Typically this happens if the uploaded JAR references some dependency that was
diff --git a/kafka-webview-ui/src/test/java/org/sourcelab/kafka/webview/ui/manager/plugin/PluginFactoryTest.java b/kafka-webview-ui/src/test/java/org/sourcelab/kafka/webview/ui/manager/plugin/PluginFactoryTest.java
index ea29f1eb..aa95f4f4 100644
--- a/kafka-webview-ui/src/test/java/org/sourcelab/kafka/webview/ui/manager/plugin/PluginFactoryTest.java
+++ b/kafka-webview-ui/src/test/java/org/sourcelab/kafka/webview/ui/manager/plugin/PluginFactoryTest.java
@@ -77,6 +77,38 @@ public void testWithRecordFilter() throws LoaderException {
         recordFilter.includeRecord("topic", 1, 1L, "Key", "Value");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test checking a RecordFilter.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testCheckPlugin_WithRecordFilter() throws LoaderException {
+        final String jarFilename = "testPlugins.jar";
+        final String classPath = "examples.filter.LowOffsetFilter";
+
+        // Find jar on filesystem.
+        final URL jar = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("testDeserializer/" + jarFilename);
+        final String jarPath = new File(jar.getFile()).getParent();
+
+        // Create factory
+        final PluginFactory<RecordFilter> factory = new PluginFactory<>(jarPath, RecordFilter.class);
+        final Path pathForJar = factory.getPathForJar(jarFilename);
+
+        // Validate path is correct
+        assertEquals("Has expected Path", jar.getPath(), pathForJar.toString());
+
+        // Get class instance
+        final Class<? extends RecordFilter> pluginFilterClass = factory.getPluginClass(jarFilename, classPath);
+
+        // Validate
+        assertNotNull(pluginFilterClass);
+        assertEquals("Has expected name", classPath, pluginFilterClass.getName());
+        assertTrue("Validate came from correct class loader", pluginFilterClass.getClassLoader() instanceof PluginClassLoader);
+
+        // Check filter instance
+        final boolean result = factory.checkPlugin(jarFilename, classPath);
+        assertTrue(result);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test creating a Deserializer.
      */
@@ -104,7 +136,7 @@ public void testWithDeserializer() throws LoaderException {
         assertEquals("Has expected name", classPath, pluginFilterClass.getName());
         assertTrue("Validate came from correct class loader", pluginFilterClass.getClassLoader() instanceof PluginClassLoader);
 
-        // Crete filter instance
+        // Crete Deserializer instance
         final Deserializer deserializer = factory.getPlugin(jarFilename, classPath);
         assertNotNull(deserializer);
         assertEquals("Has correct name", classPath, deserializer.getClass().getName());
@@ -114,6 +146,38 @@ public void testWithDeserializer() throws LoaderException {
         final String result = (String) deserializer.deserialize("MyTopic", value.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test checking a Deserializer.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testCheckPlugin_WithDeserializer() throws LoaderException {
+        final String jarFilename = "testPlugins.jar";
+        final String classPath = "examples.deserializer.ExampleDeserializer";
+
+        // Find jar on filesystem.
+        final URL jar = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("testDeserializer/" + jarFilename);
+        final String jarPath = new File(jar.getFile()).getParent();
+
+        // Create factory
+        final PluginFactory<Deserializer> factory = new PluginFactory<>(jarPath, Deserializer.class);
+        final Path pathForJar = factory.getPathForJar(jarFilename);
+
+        // Validate path is correct
+        assertEquals("Has expected Path", jar.getPath(), pathForJar.toString());
+
+        // Get class instance
+        final Class<? extends Deserializer> pluginFilterClass = factory.getPluginClass(jarFilename, classPath);
+
+        // Validate
+        assertNotNull(pluginFilterClass);
+        assertEquals("Has expected name", classPath, pluginFilterClass.getName());
+        assertTrue("Validate came from correct class loader", pluginFilterClass.getClassLoader() instanceof PluginClassLoader);
+
+        // Check Deserializer instance
+        final boolean result = factory.checkPlugin(jarFilename, classPath);
+        assertTrue(result);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests loading a deserializer not from an external jar.
      */