diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c1a033..99ae847 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
 .idea/
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings/
+/target/
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/wso2/soaptorest/WSDLProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/wso2/soaptorest/WSDLProcessor.java
index 84a45ef..97c6623 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/wso2/soaptorest/WSDLProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/wso2/soaptorest/WSDLProcessor.java
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ void init(String path) throws SOAPToRESTException {
         wsdlReader.setFeature(JAVAX_WSDL_VERBOSE_MODE, false);
         wsdlReader.setFeature(JAVAX_WSDL_IMPORT_DOCUMENTS, false);
         try {
-            String systemId = "";
-            if (path.lastIndexOf(File.separator) > 0) {
-                systemId = path.substring(0, path.lastIndexOf(File.separator));
+            File file = new File(path);
+            String systemId = file.getParent();
+            if (systemId == null) {
+                systemId = "";
             }
             wsdlDefinition = wsdlReader.readWSDL(systemId, WSDLProcessingUtil.getSecuredParsedDocumentFromPath(path, systemId));
             initializeModels(wsdlDefinition, systemId);