diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opennars/gui/input/TextInputPanel.java b/src/main/java/org/opennars/gui/input/TextInputPanel.java
index a67f2e1b0f3279037fe83a1447714de8fae3dc95..d4489c304100a509bc7f20b6161358c5e7ca4491 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opennars/gui/input/TextInputPanel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opennars/gui/input/TextInputPanel.java
@@ -132,11 +132,7 @@ public class TextInputPanel extends NPanel /*implements ActionListener*/ {
             @Override public String run() {
                 ClassLoader classloader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
                 File file = null;
-                try {
-                    file = new File(classloader.getResource("./nal/").toURI());
-                } catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
-                    Logger.getLogger(ConfigReader.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
-                }
+                file = new File("./nal/");
                 TreeModel model = new FileTreeModel(file);
                 /*if (fileTree==null)*/ {
                     fileTree = new JTree(model);