diff --git a/Runtime/Configuration/ConfigurationSectionHandler.cs b/Runtime/Configuration/ConfigurationSectionHandler.cs
index df29bd064..aa1892fea 100644
--- a/Runtime/Configuration/ConfigurationSectionHandler.cs
+++ b/Runtime/Configuration/ConfigurationSectionHandler.cs
@@ -268,17 +268,17 @@ protected override ConfigurationElement CreateNewElement()
 
         protected override object GetElementKey(ConfigurationElement element)
         {
-            return ((StepAssemblyConfigElement)element).File;
+            return ((StepAssemblyConfigElement)element).Assembly;
         }
     }
 
     public class StepAssemblyConfigElement : ConfigurationElement
     {
-        [ConfigurationProperty("file", DefaultValue = null, IsRequired = false)]
-        public string File
+        [ConfigurationProperty("assembly", DefaultValue = null, IsRequired = false)]
+        public string Assembly
         {
-            get { return (string)this["file"]; }
-            set { this["file"] = value; }
+            get { return (string)this["assembly"]; }
+            set { this["assembly"] = value; }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Runtime/Configuration/RuntimeConfiguration.cs b/Runtime/Configuration/RuntimeConfiguration.cs
index 650d51dd6..271499a3d 100644
--- a/Runtime/Configuration/RuntimeConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Runtime/Configuration/RuntimeConfiguration.cs
@@ -118,9 +118,10 @@ public static RuntimeConfiguration LoadFromConfigFile(ConfigurationSectionHandle
 
             foreach (var element in configSection.StepAssemblies)
             {
-                string stepAssemblyFileName = ((StepAssemblyConfigElement)element).File;
-                string fullPath = Path.GetFullPath(stepAssemblyFileName);
-                Assembly stepAssembly = Assembly.LoadFile(fullPath);
+//                string stepAssemblyFileName = ((StepAssemblyConfigElement)element).File;
+//                string fullPath = Path.GetFullPath(stepAssemblyFileName);
+//                Assembly stepAssembly = Assembly.LoadFile(fullPath);
+                Assembly stepAssembly = Assembly.Load(((StepAssemblyConfigElement)element).Assembly);
                 config._additionalStepAssemblies.Add(stepAssembly);
             }
 
diff --git a/Tests/FeatureTests/App.config b/Tests/FeatureTests/App.config
index fe47acad7..6c026b5ed 100644
--- a/Tests/FeatureTests/App.config
+++ b/Tests/FeatureTests/App.config
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
             />
 
     <stepAssemblies>
-      <stepAssembly file="..\..\ExternalSteps\ExternalStepsVB\bin\debug\ExternalStepsVB.dll" />
-      <stepAssembly file="..\..\ExternalSteps\ExternalStepsCS\bin\debug\ExternalStepsCS.dll" />
+      <stepAssembly assembly="ExternalStepsVB" />
+      <stepAssembly assembly="ExternalStepsCS" />
     </stepAssemblies>
 
   </specFlow>
diff --git a/Tests/FeatureTests/FeatureTests.csproj b/Tests/FeatureTests/FeatureTests.csproj
index 39a1fd65c..f61a0fda2 100644
--- a/Tests/FeatureTests/FeatureTests.csproj
+++ b/Tests/FeatureTests/FeatureTests.csproj
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@
       <Name>TechTalk.SpecFlow</Name>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="ExternalSteps\ExternalStepsCS\ExternalStepsCS.csproj">
+      <Project>{3836A6FC-4ECC-413A-AC8F-83A0A773EC9E}</Project>
+      <Name>ExternalStepsCS</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="ExternalSteps\ExternalStepsVB\ExternalStepsVB.vbproj">
+      <Project>{D3F6B835-B228-4DCF-B533-B6ED469A33B3}</Project>
+      <Name>ExternalStepsVB</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="App.config" />