diff --git a/src/main/java/twitter4j/conf/ConfigurationBase.java b/src/main/java/twitter4j/conf/ConfigurationBase.java
index 4a6996f74..c1b16057a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/twitter4j/conf/ConfigurationBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/twitter4j/conf/ConfigurationBase.java
@@ -508,4 +508,5 @@ static String fixURL(boolean useSSL, String url) {
             return "http://" + hostAndLater;
         }
     }
+    //@todo implement readresolve to save memory usage
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/twitter4j/conf/ConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/twitter4j/conf/ConfigurationTest.java
index e0f14ee3d..05e0b5173 100644
--- a/src/test/java/twitter4j/conf/ConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/twitter4j/conf/ConfigurationTest.java
@@ -281,10 +281,13 @@ public void testTreeConfiguration() throws Exception {
         writeFile("./twitter4j.properties", "twitter4j.restBaseURL=http://somewhere.com/"
                 + "\n" + "twitter4j.http.useSSL=false"
                 + "\n" + "china.twitter4j.restBaseURL=http://somewhere.cn/");
+
         conf = new PropertyConfiguration("/china");
         assertEquals("http://somewhere.cn/", conf.getRestBaseURL());
+
+        conf = new PropertyConfiguration("/china/");
+        assertEquals("http://somewhere.cn/", conf.getRestBaseURL());
         deleteFile("./twitter4j.properties");
-        conf = new PropertyConfiguration();
     }
     private void writeFile(String path, String content) throws IOException {
         File file = new File(path);