diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.java
index 9941a4253b..663d053ca5 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import sonia.scm.ConfigurationException;
 import sonia.scm.io.CommandResult;
 import sonia.scm.io.ExtendedCommand;
+import sonia.scm.plugin.PluginLoader;
 import sonia.scm.store.ConfigurationStoreFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -67,11 +68,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler<C extends RepositoryConfig
     LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler.class);
 
   private final RepositoryLocationResolver repositoryLocationResolver;
+  private final PluginLoader pluginLoader;
 
   public AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler(ConfigurationStoreFactory storeFactory,
-                                         RepositoryLocationResolver repositoryLocationResolver) {
+                                         RepositoryLocationResolver repositoryLocationResolver,
+                                         PluginLoader pluginLoader) {
     super(storeFactory);
     this.repositoryLocationResolver = repositoryLocationResolver;
+    this.pluginLoader = pluginLoader;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -155,7 +159,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleRepositoryHandler<C extends RepositoryConfig
     String content = defaultContent;
 
     try {
-      URL url = Resources.getResource(resource);
+      URL url = pluginLoader.getUberClassLoader().getResource(resource);
 
       if (url != null) {
         content = Resources.toString(url, Charsets.UTF_8);
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandler.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandler.java
index 95225c9e30..63800e8a02 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandler.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandler.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import sonia.scm.SCMContextProvider;
 import sonia.scm.plugin.Extension;
+import sonia.scm.plugin.PluginLoader;
 import sonia.scm.repository.spi.GitRepositoryServiceProvider;
 import sonia.scm.schedule.Scheduler;
 import sonia.scm.schedule.Task;
@@ -103,9 +104,10 @@ public class GitRepositoryHandler
   public GitRepositoryHandler(ConfigurationStoreFactory storeFactory,
                               Scheduler scheduler,
                               RepositoryLocationResolver repositoryLocationResolver,
-                              GitWorkdirFactory workdirFactory)
+                              GitWorkdirFactory workdirFactory,
+                              PluginLoader pluginLoader)
   {
-    super(storeFactory, repositoryLocationResolver);
+    super(storeFactory, repositoryLocationResolver, pluginLoader);
     this.scheduler = scheduler;
     this.workdirFactory = workdirFactory;
   }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandlerTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandlerTest.java
index cb10e15271..66ec320067 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandlerTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandlerTest.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class GitRepositoryHandlerTest extends SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase {
                                                       RepositoryLocationResolver locationResolver,
                                                       File directory) {
     GitRepositoryHandler repositoryHandler = new GitRepositoryHandler(factory,
-      scheduler, locationResolver, gitWorkdirFactory);
+      scheduler, locationResolver, gitWorkdirFactory, null);
     repositoryHandler.init(contextProvider);
 
     GitConfig config = new GitConfig();
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class GitRepositoryHandlerTest extends SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase {
   @Test
   public void getDirectory() {
     GitRepositoryHandler repositoryHandler = new GitRepositoryHandler(factory,
-      scheduler, locationResolver, gitWorkdirFactory);
+      scheduler, locationResolver, gitWorkdirFactory, null);
     GitConfig config = new GitConfig();
     config.setDisabled(false);
     config.setGcExpression("gc exp");
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java
index c2c0439fc1..7db9a8becb 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import sonia.scm.io.INIConfigurationReader;
 import sonia.scm.io.INIConfigurationWriter;
 import sonia.scm.io.INISection;
 import sonia.scm.plugin.Extension;
+import sonia.scm.plugin.PluginLoader;
 import sonia.scm.repository.spi.HgRepositoryServiceProvider;
 import sonia.scm.store.ConfigurationStoreFactory;
 import sonia.scm.util.IOUtil;
@@ -111,9 +112,10 @@ public class HgRepositoryHandler
   @Inject
   public HgRepositoryHandler(ConfigurationStoreFactory storeFactory,
                              Provider<HgContext> hgContextProvider,
-                             RepositoryLocationResolver repositoryLocationResolver)
+                             RepositoryLocationResolver repositoryLocationResolver,
+                             PluginLoader pluginLoader)
   {
-    super(storeFactory, repositoryLocationResolver);
+    super(storeFactory, repositoryLocationResolver, pluginLoader);
     this.hgContextProvider = hgContextProvider;
 
     try
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandlerTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandlerTest.java
index c45d9ab358..ed222f5119 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandlerTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandlerTest.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class HgRepositoryHandlerTest extends SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase {
 
   @Override
   protected RepositoryHandler createRepositoryHandler(ConfigurationStoreFactory factory, RepositoryLocationResolver locationResolver, File directory) {
-    HgRepositoryHandler handler = new HgRepositoryHandler(factory, new HgContextProvider(), locationResolver);
+    HgRepositoryHandler handler = new HgRepositoryHandler(factory, new HgContextProvider(), locationResolver, null);
 
     handler.init(contextProvider);
     HgTestUtil.checkForSkip(handler);
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class HgRepositoryHandlerTest extends SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase {
 
   @Test
   public void getDirectory() {
-    HgRepositoryHandler repositoryHandler = new HgRepositoryHandler(factory, provider, locationResolver);
+    HgRepositoryHandler repositoryHandler = new HgRepositoryHandler(factory, provider, locationResolver, null);
 
     HgConfig hgConfig = new HgConfig();
     hgConfig.setHgBinary("hg");
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgTestUtil.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgTestUtil.java
index 68f7e18a76..131dad0837 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgTestUtil.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgTestUtil.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public final class HgTestUtil
 
     RepositoryLocationResolver repositoryLocationResolver = new RepositoryLocationResolver(context, repoDao, new InitialRepositoryLocationResolver());
     HgRepositoryHandler handler =
-      new HgRepositoryHandler(new InMemoryConfigurationStoreFactory(), new HgContextProvider(), repositoryLocationResolver);
+      new HgRepositoryHandler(new InMemoryConfigurationStoreFactory(), new HgContextProvider(), repositoryLocationResolver, null);
     Path repoDir = directory.toPath();
     when(repoDao.getPath(any())).thenReturn(repoDir);
     handler.init(context);
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandler.java b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandler.java
index 97698d7a77..639a16968c 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandler.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandler.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import sonia.scm.io.INIConfigurationWriter;
 import sonia.scm.io.INISection;
 import sonia.scm.logging.SVNKitLogger;
 import sonia.scm.plugin.Extension;
+import sonia.scm.plugin.PluginLoader;
 import sonia.scm.repository.spi.HookEventFacade;
 import sonia.scm.repository.spi.SvnRepositoryServiceProvider;
 import sonia.scm.store.ConfigurationStoreFactory;
@@ -96,9 +97,10 @@ public class SvnRepositoryHandler
   @Inject
   public SvnRepositoryHandler(ConfigurationStoreFactory storeFactory,
                               HookEventFacade eventFacade,
-                              RepositoryLocationResolver repositoryLocationResolver)
+                              RepositoryLocationResolver repositoryLocationResolver,
+                              PluginLoader pluginLoader)
   {
-    super(storeFactory, repositoryLocationResolver);
+    super(storeFactory, repositoryLocationResolver, pluginLoader);
 
     // register logger
     SVNDebugLog.setDefaultLog(new SVNKitLogger());
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandlerTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandlerTest.java
index 7c8dc15407..c81c6311e1 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandlerTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandlerTest.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class SvnRepositoryHandlerTest extends SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase {
   protected RepositoryHandler createRepositoryHandler(ConfigurationStoreFactory factory,
                                                       RepositoryLocationResolver locationResolver,
                                                       File directory)  {
-    SvnRepositoryHandler handler = new SvnRepositoryHandler(factory, null, locationResolver);
+    SvnRepositoryHandler handler = new SvnRepositoryHandler(factory, null, locationResolver, null);
 
     handler.init(contextProvider);
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class SvnRepositoryHandlerTest extends SimpleRepositoryHandlerTestBase {
   public void getDirectory() {
     when(factory.withType(any())).thenCallRealMethod();
     SvnRepositoryHandler repositoryHandler = new SvnRepositoryHandler(factory,
-      facade, locationResolver);
+      facade, locationResolver, null);
 
     SvnConfig svnConfig = new SvnConfig();
     repositoryHandler.setConfig(svnConfig);
diff --git a/scm-test/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DummyRepositoryHandler.java b/scm-test/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DummyRepositoryHandler.java
index 3efe78c820..ccaeee8631 100644
--- a/scm-test/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DummyRepositoryHandler.java
+++ b/scm-test/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DummyRepositoryHandler.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class DummyRepositoryHandler
   private final Set<String> existingRepoNames = new HashSet<>();
 
   public DummyRepositoryHandler(ConfigurationStoreFactory storeFactory, RepositoryLocationResolver repositoryLocationResolver) {
-    super(storeFactory, repositoryLocationResolver);
+    super(storeFactory, repositoryLocationResolver, null);
   }
 
   @Override