diff -r 45d57ecba757 -r e0e108e77052 src/net/fortuna/ical4j/util/ResourceLoader.java
--- a/src/net/fortuna/ical4j/util/ResourceLoader.java	Tue Feb 10 19:58:00 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/net/fortuna/ical4j/util/ResourceLoader.java	Tue Feb 10 21:32:00 2015 +0100
@@ -54,11 +54,20 @@
 	public static URL getResource(String name) {
 		URL resource = null;
 		try {
+			// Hack to bootstrap a multithreaded class loader context
+			if (Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() == null)
+				Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(ResourceLoader.class.getClassLoader());
 			resource = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(name);
+
+			if (resource == null) // Flawed build path for assets, try again
+				resource = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("/" + name);
 		}
 		catch (SecurityException e) {
 			LOG.info("Unable to access context classloader, using default. " + e.getMessage());
 		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			LOG.info("General context classloader error, using default. " + e.getMessage());
+		}
 		if (resource == null) {
 			resource = ResourceLoader.class.getResource("/" + name);
 		}
@@ -74,11 +83,19 @@
 	public static InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name) {
 		InputStream stream = null;
 		try {
+			// Hack to bootstrap a multithreaded class loader context
+			if (Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() == null)
+				Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(ResourceLoader.class.getClassLoader());
 			stream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(name);
+			if (stream == null)
+				stream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("/" + name);
 		}
 		catch (SecurityException e) {
 			LOG.info("Unable to access context classloader, using default. " + e.getMessage());
 		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			LOG.info("General context classloader error, using default. " + e.getMessage());
+		}
 		if (stream == null) {
 			stream = ResourceLoader.class.getResourceAsStream("/" + name);
 		}