diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/pom.xml b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/pom.xml
index 18076d24..086b5221 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Testcontainers -->
 
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 d2f92bbd..98476308 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("classpath:" + schemaResourceFilename);
+		var schemaDdlResource = resourceLoader.getResource(ResourceLoader.CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX + schemaResourceFilename);
 		var schemaDdl = asString(schemaDdlResource);
 
 		jdbcOperations.execute(schemaDdl);
diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseSchemaInitializerUnitTests.java b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseSchemaInitializerUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d2dd748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseSchemaInitializerUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.modulith.events.jdbc;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcOperations;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link DatabaseSchemaInitializer}.
+ *
+ * @author Oliver Drotbohm
+ */
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+class DatabaseSchemaInitializerUnitTests {
+
+	@Mock JdbcOperations jdbcOperations;
+	@Mock ResourceLoader resourceLoader;
+
+	@Test // GH-159
+	void loadsSchemaFilesFromClasspath() {
+
+		when(resourceLoader.getResource(any())).thenAnswer(it -> {
+			return new ClassPathResource(it.<String> getArgument(0).substring(ResourceLoader.CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX.length()));
+		});
+
+		var initializer = new DatabaseSchemaInitializer(jdbcOperations, resourceLoader, DatabaseType.H2);
+		var captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class);
+
+		assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(initializer::afterPropertiesSet);
+		verify(resourceLoader).getResource(captor.capture());
+		assertThat(captor.getValue()).startsWith(ResourceLoader.CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX);
+	}
+}