diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseSchemaInitializer.java b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseSchemaInitializer.java
index 6467b2dd..d2f92bbd 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseSchemaInitializer.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseSchemaInitializer.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class DatabaseSchemaInitializer implements InitializingBean {
 	public void afterPropertiesSet() {
 
 		var schemaResourceFilename = databaseType.getSchemaResourceFilename();
-		var schemaDdlResource = resourceLoader.getResource(schemaResourceFilename);
+		var schemaDdlResource = resourceLoader.getResource("classpath:" + schemaResourceFilename);
 		var schemaDdl = asString(schemaDdlResource);
 
 		jdbcOperations.execute(schemaDdl);