diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2c055c..f0ebff2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log for javapos-config-loader
 
+## 4.0.1
+
+- corrected logging output when loading class-path resources (solved GH issue [#11](https://github.com/JavaPOSWorkingGroup/javapos-config-loader/issues/11))
+
 ## 4.0.0
 
 - jpos.config.DefaultCompositeRegPopulator.load() is throwing more specific IllegalArgument exception instead of RuntimeException
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3bc0c5b..1cf4bff 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ wrapper {
 
 def artifactName = 'javapos-config-loader'
 group='org.javapos'
-version='4.0.0' // if version is going to be changed, first add "-SNAPSHOT" to test publishing to MavenCentral's Snapshot repo
+version='4.0.1-SNAPSHOT' // if version is going to be changed, first add "-SNAPSHOT" to test publishing to MavenCentral's Snapshot repo
 
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/main/java/jpos/config/simple/xml/JavaxRegPopulator.java b/src/main/java/jpos/config/simple/xml/JavaxRegPopulator.java
index 4b61fac..57d0787 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jpos/config/simple/xml/JavaxRegPopulator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jpos/config/simple/xml/JavaxRegPopulator.java
@@ -143,8 +143,12 @@ public void load() {
 
     @Override
     public void load(String fileName) {
-    	tracer.println("loading JavaPOS configuration from file "  + new File(fileName).getAbsolutePath());
-        try (InputStream is = new File(fileName).exists() ? new FileInputStream(fileName) : findFileInClasspath(fileName)) {
+    	File file = new File(fileName);
+    	if (file.exists())
+        	tracer.println("trying to load JavaPOS configuration from file "  + file.getAbsolutePath());
+    	else
+    		tracer.println("because JavaPOS configuration file '" + fileName + "' does not exist, trying to load it as classpath resource");
+		try (InputStream is = file.exists() ? new FileInputStream(fileName) : findFileInClasspath(fileName)) {
             load(is);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             tracer.println("Error while loading populator file Exception.message: " + e.getMessage());