diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 130b3eb..2bb28ad 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ subprojects {
     [compileJava, compileTestJava]*.options*.encoding = 'UTF-8'
 
     group               = "co.paralleluniverse"
-    version             = "1.0.4-ullink3"
+    version             = "1.0.4-ullink4"
     status              = "integration"
     description         = "Simple Java deployment"
     ext.url             = "https://github.com/puniverse/capsule"
diff --git a/capsule/src/main/java/Capsule.java b/capsule/src/main/java/Capsule.java
index afb0d48..974986f 100644
--- a/capsule/src/main/java/Capsule.java
+++ b/capsule/src/main/java/Capsule.java
@@ -5429,10 +5429,8 @@ private List<Path> handleLongClasspath(List<Path> cp, int extra, List<?>... args
     // visible for testing
     static Path createPathingJar(Path dir, List<Path> cp) {
         try {
-            dir = dir.toAbsolutePath();
-            final List<String> paths = createPathingClassPath(dir, cp);
-
-            final Path pathingJar = Files.createTempFile(dir, "capsule_pathing_jar", ".jar");
+            final List<String> paths = createPathingClassPath(cp);
+            final Path pathingJar = Files.createTempFile(dir.toAbsolutePath(), "capsule_pathing_jar", ".jar");
             final Manifest man = new Manifest();
             man.getMainAttributes().putValue(ATTR_MANIFEST_VERSION, "1.0");
             man.getMainAttributes().putValue(ATTR_CLASS_PATH, join(paths, " "));
@@ -5444,19 +5442,11 @@ static Path createPathingJar(Path dir, List<Path> cp) {
         }
     }
 
-    private static List<String> createPathingClassPath(Path dir, List<Path> cp) {
-        boolean allPathsHaveSameRoot = true;
-        for (Path p : cp) {
-            if (!dir.getRoot().equals(p.getRoot()))
-                allPathsHaveSameRoot = false;
-        }
-
+    private static List<String> createPathingClassPath(List<Path> cp) {
         final List<String> paths = new ArrayList<>(cp.size());
-        for (Path p : cp) { // In order to use the Class-Path attribute, we must either relativize the paths, or specifiy them as file URLs
-            if (allPathsHaveSameRoot)
-                paths.add(dir.relativize(p).toString());
-            else
-                paths.add(p.toUri().toString());
+        for (Path p : cp) { // In order to use the Class-Path attribute, we must either relativize the paths, or specify them as file URLs
+            // always use absolute path to avoid encoding issue
+            paths.add(p.toUri().toString());
         }
         return paths;
     }