diff --git a/script/compile b/script/compile
index 4379c3ac..35b14bb5 100755
--- a/script/compile
+++ b/script/compile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ args=( "-jar" "$BABASHKA_JAR"
        "--initialize-at-run-time=java.lang.Math\$RandomNumberGeneratorHolder"
        "--initialize-at-build-time"
        "-H:Log=registerResource:"
-       "-H:EnableURLProtocols=http,https"
+       "-H:EnableURLProtocols=http,https,jar"
        "--enable-all-security-services"
        "-H:+JNI"
        "--verbose"
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index d52cde29..b5ee79f6 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -497,9 +497,8 @@ If neither -e, -f, or --socket-repl are specified, then the first argument that
                                   (assoc-in ['clojure.java.io 'resource]
                                             (fn [path]
                                               (when-let [{:keys [:loader]} @cp-state]
-                                                (try (cp/getResource loader [path] {:url? true})
-                                                     ;; non-relative paths don't work
-                                                     (catch Exception _e nil)))))
+                                                (if (str/starts-with? path "/") nil ;; non-relative paths always return nil
+                                                    (cp/getResource loader [path] {:url? true})))))
                                   (assoc-in ['user (with-meta '*input*
                                                      (when-not stream?
                                                        {:sci.impl/deref! true}))] input-var)
diff --git a/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj b/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj
index b4a8a960..0de24ed1 100644
--- a/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/classpath_test.clj
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@
     (is (= (.length (io/file "logo" "icon.png"))
            (.length tmp-file))))
   (testing "No exception on absolute path"
-    (is (nil? (bb nil "(io/resource \"/tmp\")")))))
+    (is (nil? (bb nil "(io/resource \"/tmp\")"))))
+  (testing "Reading a resource from a .jar file"
+    (is (= "true"
+           (str/trim
+            (tu/bb nil "--classpath" "test-resources/babashka/src_for_classpath_test/foo.jar"
+                   "(pos? (count (slurp (io/resource \"foo.clj\")))) "))))))