diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/SchrimpfFactory.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/SchrimpfFactory.java
index c8363f73..661d76e0 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/SchrimpfFactory.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/SchrimpfFactory.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class SchrimpfFactory {
 	public VehicleRoutingAlgorithm createAlgorithm(VehicleRoutingProblem vrp){
 		AlgorithmConfig algorithmConfig = new AlgorithmConfig();
 		URL resource = Resource.getAsURL("schrimpf.xml");
-		new AlgorithmConfigXmlReader(algorithmConfig).read(resource.getPath());
+		new AlgorithmConfigXmlReader(algorithmConfig).read(resource);
 		return VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.createAlgorithm(vrp, algorithmConfig);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/basics/io/AlgorithmConfigXmlReader.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/basics/io/AlgorithmConfigXmlReader.java
index e2c1ce96..fb05ca4b 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/basics/io/AlgorithmConfigXmlReader.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/basics/io/AlgorithmConfigXmlReader.java
@@ -50,6 +50,43 @@ public class AlgorithmConfigXmlReader {
 		this.algorithmConfig = algorithmConfig;
 	}
 	
+	public void read(URL url){
+		log.info("read algorithm-config from file " + url);
+		algorithmConfig.getXMLConfiguration().setURL(url);
+		algorithmConfig.getXMLConfiguration().setAttributeSplittingDisabled(true);
+		algorithmConfig.getXMLConfiguration().setDelimiterParsingDisabled(true);
+		
+		if(schemaValidation){
+			final URL resource = Resource.getAsURL("algorithm_schema.xsd");
+			if(resource != null) {
+				EntityResolver resolver = new EntityResolver() {
+
+					@Override
+					public InputSource resolveEntity(String publicId, String systemId) throws SAXException, IOException {
+						{
+							InputSource is = new InputSource(resource.getFile());
+							return is;
+						}
+					}
+				};
+				algorithmConfig.getXMLConfiguration().setEntityResolver(resolver);
+				algorithmConfig.getXMLConfiguration().setSchemaValidation(true);
+				log.info("validating " + url + " with xsd-schema");
+			}
+			else{
+				log.warn("cannot find schema-xsd file (algorithm_xml_schema.xsd). try to read xml without xml-file-validation.");
+			}		
+		}
+		try {
+			algorithmConfig.getXMLConfiguration().load();
+		} catch (ConfigurationException e) {
+			log.error(e);
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			System.exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
 	public void read(String filename){
 		log.info("read algorithm-config from file " + filename);
 		algorithmConfig.getXMLConfiguration().setFileName(filename);