diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/GreedySchrimpfFactory.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/GreedySchrimpfFactory.java
index efc0394b..90650985 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/GreedySchrimpfFactory.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/GreedySchrimpfFactory.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class GreedySchrimpfFactory {
 	public VehicleRoutingAlgorithm createAlgorithm(VehicleRoutingProblem vrp){
 		AlgorithmConfig algorithmConfig = new AlgorithmConfig();
 		URL resource = Resource.getAsURL("greedySchrimpf.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/algorithms/VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.java
index 302a2ff7..75236cd3 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/algorithms/VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package algorithms;
 
 
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -367,6 +368,13 @@ public class VehicleRoutingAlgorithms {
 		return createAlgo(vrp,config);
 	}
 	
+	public static VehicleRoutingAlgorithm readAndCreateAlgorithm(final VehicleRoutingProblem vrp, final URL configURL){
+		AlgorithmConfig algorithmConfig = new AlgorithmConfig();
+		AlgorithmConfigXmlReader xmlReader = new AlgorithmConfigXmlReader(algorithmConfig);
+		xmlReader.read(configURL);
+		return createAlgo(vrp,algorithmConfig.getXMLConfiguration());
+	}
+	
 	public static VehicleRoutingAlgorithm readAndCreateAlgorithm(final VehicleRoutingProblem vrp, final String configFileName){
 		AlgorithmConfig algorithmConfig = new AlgorithmConfig();
 		AlgorithmConfigXmlReader xmlReader = new AlgorithmConfigXmlReader(algorithmConfig);