diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ea8cc53..1c9bfe0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group 'org.idiosapps'
-version '1.2'
+version '1.3'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/idiosapps/Filenames.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/idiosapps/Filenames.kt
index 34cfa7d..b31975e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/idiosapps/Filenames.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/idiosapps/Filenames.kt
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 package org.idiosapps
 
 import java.io.File
-import java.net.URL
 
 class Filenames {
     companion object {
-        val inputPrefix: String = "./input/"
-        val outputPrefix: String = "./output/"
+        private const val inputPrefix: String = "./input/"
+        private const val outputPrefix: String = "./output/"
 
-        val inputHeaderResource: URL = this::class.java.classLoader.getResource("org.idiosapps/texHeader")
-        val inputTitleFilename: String = inputPrefix + "title"
-        val inputStoryFilename: String = inputPrefix + "story"
+        val inputHeaderResource = this::class.java.classLoader.getResourceAsStream("org.idiosapps/texHeader")
 
-        val inputVocabFilename: String = inputPrefix + "vocab"
-        val inputKeyNamesFilename: String = inputPrefix + "names"
+        const val inputTitleFilename: String = inputPrefix + "title"
+        const val inputStoryFilename: String = inputPrefix + "story"
 
-        val outputTexFilename: String = outputPrefix + "outputStory.tex"
-        val outputPDFFilename: String = outputPrefix + "outputStory.pdf"
+        const val inputVocabFilename: String = inputPrefix + "vocab"
+        const val inputKeyNamesFilename: String = inputPrefix + "names"
+
+        const val outputTexFilename: String = outputPrefix + "outputStory.tex"
+        const val outputPDFFilename: String = outputPrefix + "outputStory.pdf"
 
         fun checkInputs() {
             val inputArray = arrayListOf(
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/idiosapps/TexUtils.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/idiosapps/TexUtils.kt
index abba6ac..ab4b611 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/idiosapps/TexUtils.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/idiosapps/TexUtils.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 package org.idiosapps
 
-import java.io.File
-import java.io.PrintWriter
-import java.net.URL
+import java.io.*
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.util.*
 
 class TexUtils {
@@ -49,13 +48,13 @@ class TexUtils {
             scanner.close()
         }
 
-        fun copyToTex(outputStoryWriter: PrintWriter, inputResource: URL) {
-            val resourceFile = File(inputResource.toURI())
-
-            Scanner(resourceFile, "UTF-8").use { scanner ->
-                while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
-                    outputStoryWriter.println(scanner.nextLine())
-                }
+        // can't load resource as file, so we have to read from a stream of the resource
+        fun copyToTex(outputStoryWriter: PrintWriter, resourceStream: InputStream) {
+            val reader = InputStreamReader(resourceStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+            val bufferedReader = BufferedReader(reader)
+            val lines = bufferedReader.lines()
+            lines.forEach { line ->
+                outputStoryWriter.println(line)
             }
         }
     }