diff --git a/jawn-core/src/main/java/net/javapla/jawn/core/DeploymentInfo.java b/jawn-core/src/main/java/net/javapla/jawn/core/DeploymentInfo.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/jawn-core/src/main/java/net/javapla/jawn/core/DeploymentInfo.java
+++ b/jawn-core/src/main/java/net/javapla/jawn/core/DeploymentInfo.java
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ public class DeploymentInfo {
         
         
     	if (path == null) return null;
+    	if (path.startsWith(webappPath)) return path;
 
     	
     	String p = assertStartSlash(path);
if path is already real just return