diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/ResourceHelper.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/ResourceHelper.groovy
index 857b23eb..fa9b96fc 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/ResourceHelper.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/ResourceHelper.groovy
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader
 import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.ResourceManager
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils
 
-import java.nio.file.Paths
-
 final class ResourceHelper {
 
     Log log
@@ -55,11 +53,22 @@ final class ResourceHelper {
         String location = null
         String artifact = resource
 
-        def file = new File(resource)
+        // Linux Checks
+        if (resource.indexOf(SpotBugsInfo.FORWARD_SLASH) != -1) {
+            artifact = resource.substring(resource.lastIndexOf(SpotBugsInfo.FORWARD_SLASH) + 1)
+        }
+
+        if (resource.indexOf(SpotBugsInfo.FORWARD_SLASH) != -1) {
+            location = resource.substring(0, resource.lastIndexOf(SpotBugsInfo.FORWARD_SLASH))
+        }
+
+        // Windows Checks
+        if (resource.indexOf(SpotBugsInfo.BACKWARD_SLASH) != -1) {
+            artifact = resource.substring(resource.lastIndexOf(SpotBugsInfo.BACKWARD_SLASH) + 1)
+        }
 
-        if (file.exists()) {
-            artifact = file.getName()
-            location = file.getAbsolutePath()
+        if (resource.indexOf(SpotBugsInfo.BACKWARD_SLASH) != -1) {
+            location = resource.substring(0, resource.lastIndexOf(SpotBugsInfo.BACKWARD_SLASH))
         }
 
         // replace all occurrences of the following characters:  ? : & =
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsInfo.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsInfo.groovy
index 3c40cecc..a4ff7b22 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsInfo.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsInfo.groovy
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ interface SpotBugsInfo {
 
     static final String COMMA = ","
 
+    static final String FORWARD_SLASH = '/'
+
+    static final String BACKWARD_SLASH = '\\'
+
     /**
      * The character to separate URL tokens.
      *