diff --git a/src/main/java/bisq/common/util/Utilities.java b/src/main/java/bisq/common/util/Utilities.java
index 393fbd2..1412947 100644
--- a/src/main/java/bisq/common/util/Utilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/bisq/common/util/Utilities.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import java.security.PermissionCollection;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
@@ -473,6 +474,10 @@ public static Set<String> commaSeparatedListToSet(String stringList, boolean all
         }
     }
 
+    public static String getPathOfCodeSource() throws URISyntaxException {
+        return new File(Utilities.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI()).getPath();
+    }
+
     private static class AnnotationExclusionStrategy implements ExclusionStrategy {
         @Override
         public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes f) {