diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/searls/jasmine/server/ResourceHandlerConfigurator.java b/src/main/java/com/github/searls/jasmine/server/ResourceHandlerConfigurator.java
index 6cf5ef067..37f875b17 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/searls/jasmine/server/ResourceHandlerConfigurator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/searls/jasmine/server/ResourceHandlerConfigurator.java
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ public Handler createHandler() throws IOException  {
       String contextRoot = StringUtils.prependIfMissing(context.getContextRoot(),"/");
       ContextHandler handler = contexts.addContext(contextRoot, "");
       handler.setAliases(true);
-      handler.setHandler(this.createResourceHandler(true, context.getDirectory().getAbsolutePath(), null));
+      handler.setHandler(this.createResourceHandler(true, context.getDirectory().getCanonicalPath(), null));
     }
 
     ContextHandler rootContextHandler = contexts.addContext("/", "");
-    rootContextHandler.setHandler(this.createResourceHandler(false, this.configuration.getBasedir().getAbsolutePath(), new String[]{this.getWelcomeFilePath()}));
+    rootContextHandler.setHandler(this.createResourceHandler(false, this.configuration.getBasedir().getCanonicalPath(), new String[]{this.getWelcomeFilePath()}));
     rootContextHandler.setAliases(true);
 
     ContextHandler classPathContextHandler = contexts.addContext("/classpath", "");
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/searls/jasmine/server/ResourceHandlerConfiguratorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/searls/jasmine/server/ResourceHandlerConfiguratorTest.java
index ffc64fdd3..209887001 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/searls/jasmine/server/ResourceHandlerConfiguratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/searls/jasmine/server/ResourceHandlerConfiguratorTest.java
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ public void before() {
   public void testCreateHandler() throws IOException {
     when(createsRunner.getRunnerFile()).thenReturn(WELCOME_FILE);
 
-    when(sourceDirectory.getAbsolutePath()).thenReturn(SOURCE_DIRECTORY);
-    when(specDirectory.getAbsolutePath()).thenReturn(SPEC_DIRECTORY);
-    when(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath()).thenReturn(BASE_DIRECTORY);
+    when(sourceDirectory.getCanonicalPath()).thenReturn(SOURCE_DIRECTORY);
+    when(specDirectory.getCanonicalPath()).thenReturn(SPEC_DIRECTORY);
+    when(baseDirectory.getCanonicalPath()).thenReturn(BASE_DIRECTORY);
 
     when(configuration.getBasedir()).thenReturn(baseDirectory);
     when(configuration.getProjectClassLoader()).thenReturn(new ProjectClassLoaderFactory().create());