diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/InsightsCustomScheduledExecutor.java b/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/InsightsCustomScheduledExecutor.java
index af7e4a1..0fa7f6e 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/InsightsCustomScheduledExecutor.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/InsightsCustomScheduledExecutor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public class InsightsCustomScheduledExecutor extends ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor
   private InsightsCustomScheduledExecutor(
       InsightsLogger logger, InsightsConfiguration configuration) {
     super(1);
+    setKeepAliveTime(10L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     this.logger = logger;
     this.configuration = configuration;
   }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/jars/JarUtils.java b/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/jars/JarUtils.java
index 417344a..4118a5a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/jars/JarUtils.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/redhat/insights/jars/JarUtils.java
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ public final class JarUtils {
   private static final Map<String, String> EMBEDDED_FORMAT_TO_EXTENSION =
       getEmbeddedFormatToExtension("ear", "war", "jar");
   private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024 * 8;
+  private static final String JAR_PROTOCOL = "jar:";
+  private static final String BANG_SEPARATOR = "!/";
 
   private JarUtils() {}
 
   private static Map<String, String> getEmbeddedFormatToExtension(String... fileExtensions) {
     Map<String, String> out = new HashMap<>();
-    Stream.of(fileExtensions).forEach(ext -> out.put('.' + ext + "!/", ext));
+    Stream.of(fileExtensions).forEach(ext -> out.put('.' + ext + BANG_SEPARATOR, ext));
     return out;
   }
 
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ private static Map<String, String> getEmbeddedFormatToExtension(String... fileEx
    * input stream starting at the embedded jar.
    *
    * @param url
+   * @return a Stream to the specified URL.
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public static InputStream getInputStream(URL url) throws IOException {
@@ -48,10 +51,16 @@ public static InputStream getInputStream(URL url) throws IOException {
       // jar content.
       if (index > 0 && (index + entry.getKey().length()) < jarLocation.length()) {
         String path = url.toExternalForm().substring(index + entry.getKey().length());
+        if (path.endsWith(BANG_SEPARATOR)) {
+          path = path.substring(0, path.length() - BANG_SEPARATOR.length());
+        }
         // add 1 to skip past the `.` and the value length, which is the length of the file
         // extension
-        jarURL =
-            new URL(jarURL.toExternalForm().substring(0, index + 1 + entry.getValue().length()));
+        String jar = jarURL.toExternalForm().substring(0, index + 1 + entry.getValue().length());
+        if (jarLocation.startsWith(JAR_PROTOCOL)) {
+          jar = jar.substring(JAR_PROTOCOL.length());
+        }
+        jarURL = new URL(jar);
         InputStream inputStream = jarURL.openStream();
         JarInputStream jarStream = new JarInputStream(inputStream);
 
@@ -63,8 +72,8 @@ public static InputStream getInputStream(URL url) throws IOException {
         return jarStream;
       }
     }
-    if (jarLocation.startsWith("jar:") && jarLocation.endsWith("!/")) {
-      String jarLoc = jarLocation.substring(4, jarLocation.length() - 2);
+    if (jarLocation.startsWith(JAR_PROTOCOL) && jarLocation.endsWith(BANG_SEPARATOR)) {
+      String jarLoc = jarLocation.substring(4, jarLocation.length() - BANG_SEPARATOR.length());
       jarURL = new URL(jarLoc);
     }
     return jarURL.openStream();
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/jars/TestJarUtils.java b/api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/jars/TestJarUtils.java
index 5b69e0b..aa00cef 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/jars/TestJarUtils.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/com/redhat/insights/jars/TestJarUtils.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -53,5 +54,14 @@ public void basicCheckJarUrls() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, IOException, UR
     } catch (Exception ex) {
       fail(ex);
     }
+    file =
+        "jar:file:"
+            + new File(System.getProperty("basedir")).toPath().toAbsolutePath().toString()
+            + "/target/test-classes/com/redhat/insights/jars/sti-sb-tomcat.jar!/BOOT-INF/lib/jackson-databind-2.13.5.jar!/";
+    try {
+      getInputStream(new URL(file));
+    } catch (Exception ex) {
+      fail(ex);
+    }
   }
 }