diff --git a/access-token-provider-api/src/test/java/net/ihe/gazelle/app/accesstokenproviderapi/application/DummyAuthzServerSoapuiTest.java b/access-token-provider-api/src/test/java/net/ihe/gazelle/app/accesstokenproviderapi/application/DummyAuthzServerSoapuiTest.java
index 6b3fb97a03b79706691ce3df962302d90c9eac5f..796c7cbb97fb511cca3cbd20c9e320e2c257c7ee 100644
--- a/access-token-provider-api/src/test/java/net/ihe/gazelle/app/accesstokenproviderapi/application/DummyAuthzServerSoapuiTest.java
+++ b/access-token-provider-api/src/test/java/net/ihe/gazelle/app/accesstokenproviderapi/application/DummyAuthzServerSoapuiTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package net.ihe.gazelle.app.accesstokenproviderapi.application;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
@@ -10,13 +11,14 @@ class DummyAuthzServerSoapuiTest {
 
     private static final String SUBJECT = "aamrein";
     private static final String AUDIENCE = "audience";
-    private String resourcesFile = new File("src/test/resources/audience.properties").getPath();
 
     /**
      *  get access token with an Audience path defined
      */
     @Test
-    public void getAccessTokenWithPathAudienceTest() {
+    public void getAccessTokenWithPathAudienceTest() throws IOException {
+        String resourcesFile = new File("src/test/resources/audience.properties").getCanonicalPath();
+
         DummyAuthzServerSoapui dummyAuthzServer = new DummyAuthzServerSoapui();
         assertNotNull(dummyAuthzServer.getAccessToken(SUBJECT, AUDIENCE, null, null, resourcesFile));
     }