diff --git a/sip-servlets-impl/src/main/java/org/mobicents/servlet/sip/startup/SipHostConfig.java b/sip-servlets-impl/src/main/java/org/mobicents/servlet/sip/startup/SipHostConfig.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/sip-servlets-impl/src/main/java/org/mobicents/servlet/sip/startup/SipHostConfig.java
+++ b/sip-servlets-impl/src/main/java/org/mobicents/servlet/sip/startup/SipHostConfig.java
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ public class SipHostConfig extends HostConfig {
 	 */

 	private boolean isSipServletDirectory(File dir) {

 		 if(dir.isDirectory()) {

-			File sipXmlFile = new File(dir.getAbsoluteFile() + SipContext.APPLICATION_SIP_XML);

+			 //Fix provided by Thomas Lenesey for exploded directory deployments

+			File sipXmlFile = new File(dir.getAbsoluteFile(), SipContext.APPLICATION_SIP_XML);

 			if(sipXmlFile.exists()) {

 				return true;

 			}
Fix for exploded directory deployment in Tomcat provided by Thomas Lenesey from Nexcom Systems

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