diff --git a/envvars-lib/src/main/java/com/optum/envvars/mapdata/EnvVarsMapDataEngine.java b/envvars-lib/src/main/java/com/optum/envvars/mapdata/EnvVarsMapDataEngine.java
index c34713c..52f16f3 100644
--- a/envvars-lib/src/main/java/com/optum/envvars/mapdata/EnvVarsMapDataEngine.java
+++ b/envvars-lib/src/main/java/com/optum/envvars/mapdata/EnvVarsMapDataEngine.java
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ public EnvVarsMapDataEngine(EnvVarsSchemaReader envVarsSchemaReader, EnvVarsStat
         final Object schemaAsObject = rawSourceMap.get("schema");
         if (envVarsSchemaReader!=null && schemaAsObject!=null) {
             final String schemaAsString = schemaAsObject.toString();
-            final URL schemaUrl;
-            try {
-                schemaUrl = new URL(schemaAsString);
-            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-                throw new EnvVarsException("Unable to load EnvVars schema from: " + schemaAsString);
+            URL schemaUrl = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(schemaAsString);
+            if (schemaUrl == null) {
+                try {
+                    schemaUrl = new URL(schemaAsString);
+                } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                    throw new EnvVarsException("Unable to load EnvVars schema from: " + schemaAsString);
+                }
             }
             this.envVarsStaticSchema = envVarsSchemaReader.buildFromURL(schemaUrl);
         } else {
diff --git a/envvars-yaml/src/main/java/com/optum/envvars/schema/yaml/YamlEnvVarsSchemaReader.java b/envvars-yaml/src/main/java/com/optum/envvars/schema/yaml/YamlEnvVarsSchemaReader.java
index b3f4bd6..7d87b2f 100644
--- a/envvars-yaml/src/main/java/com/optum/envvars/schema/yaml/YamlEnvVarsSchemaReader.java
+++ b/envvars-yaml/src/main/java/com/optum/envvars/schema/yaml/YamlEnvVarsSchemaReader.java
@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@ public EnvVarsStaticSchema buildFromString(String schemaString, String definitio
     public EnvVarsStaticSchema buildFromURL(URL url) throws EnvVarsException {
         final YamlLoadWrapper<SchemaYaml> yamlLoadWrapper = YamlLoadWrapper.fromURL(yaml, url);
         final SchemaYaml schemaYaml = yamlLoadWrapper.load();
+        System.out.println("Schema Definitions for " + url + ": " + schemaYaml.definitions);
 
         EnvVarsDefinitions envVarsDefinitions = new EnvVarsDefinitions();
         for(String definition : schemaYaml.definitions) {
             try {
-                EnvVarsDefinitions definitionsFromURL = new YamlEnvVarsDefinitionsReader().getFromURL(new URL(definition));
+                URL definitionUrl = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(definition);
+                if (definitionUrl == null) {
+                    definitionUrl = new URL(definition);
+                }
+                EnvVarsDefinitions definitionsFromURL = new YamlEnvVarsDefinitionsReader().getFromURL(definitionUrl);
                 envVarsDefinitions.put(definitionsFromURL);
             } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                 throw new EnvVarsException("Bad URL in Schema Definition: " + definition);