diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/configuration/VotingBoothConfigurationCreator.java b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/configuration/VotingBoothConfigurationCreator.java
index e2bf68b..2fd1ce0 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/configuration/VotingBoothConfigurationCreator.java
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/configuration/VotingBoothConfigurationCreator.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class VotingBoothConfigurationCreator {
             return ByteString.copyFromUtf8(value.getString("answer"));
         }
         if (questionType == BallotQuestionUIElementOuterClass.ValueType.IMAGE_TYPE.getNumber()) {
-            return ByteString.copyFrom(getFileBytes(value.getString("answer")));
+            return ByteString.copyFrom(getImageBytes(value.getString("answer")));
         }
         else {
             throw new IOException(UNSUPPORTED_VALUE_TYPE_ERROR_MESSAGE);
@@ -156,14 +156,20 @@ public class VotingBoothConfigurationCreator {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Converts the image from given path to bytes array
-     * @param filepath the path to the wanted picture
+     * Converts the image  to bytes array
+     * @param fileOrResourcePath the path to the wanted picture. Tries to read as a file path, and if not successful as a resource path.
      * @return byte array of the image
-     * @throws IOException will be thrown if the given file doesnt exist
+     * @throws IOException will be thrown if the given file doesn't exist and there is no resource of that path either.
      */
-    private byte[] getFileBytes(String filepath) throws IOException {
+    private byte[] getImageBytes(String fileOrResourcePath) throws IOException {
         byte[] imageInByte;
-        BufferedImage originalImage = ImageIO.read(new File(filepath));
+        File imageFile = new File(fileOrResourcePath);
+        BufferedImage originalImage;
+        if (imageFile.exists()) {
+            originalImage = ImageIO.read(new File(fileOrResourcePath));
+        } else {
+            originalImage = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResourceAsStream(fileOrResourcePath));
+        }
 
         ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         ImageIO.write(originalImage, IMAGES_TYPE, baos);
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/configuration/VotingBoothConfiguration.json b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/configuration/VotingBoothConfiguration.json
index fe1c33c..d3bd1ce 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/configuration/VotingBoothConfiguration.json
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/configuration/VotingBoothConfiguration.json
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@
         "type": 2,
         "answersValue": [
           {
-            "answer": "/F:/vova/meerkat/meerkat-java/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/images/GeorgeBush.png",
+            "answer": "/images/GeorgeBush.png",
             "description": "George Boosh image."
           },
           {
-            "answer": "/F:/vova/meerkat/meerkat-java/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/images/MichaelJackson.png",
+            "answer": "/images/MichaelJackson.png",
              "description": "Michael Jakson image."
           },
           {
-            "answer": "/F:/vova/meerkat/meerkat-java/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/images/AntonioBanderass.png",
+            "answer": "/images/AntonioBanderass.png",
             "description": "Antonio Banderass image."
           }
         ]