diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/Loader.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/Loader.java
index 2c25bfc4510..fed6bbcaddf 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/Loader.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/Loader.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ public class Loader
 {
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     public static URL getResource(Class<?> loadClass,String name, boolean checkParents)
-        throws ClassNotFoundException
     {
         URL url =null;
         ClassLoader loader=Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/log/Log.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/log/Log.java
index ab2486ea935..cf3030be4e6 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/log/Log.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/log/Log.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class Log
                  * configuration of the Log class in situations where access to the System.properties are
                  * either too late or just impossible.
                  */
-                URL testProps = Log.class.getClassLoader().getResource("jetty-logging.properties");
+                URL testProps = Loader.getResource(Log.class,"jetty-logging.properties",true);
                 if (testProps != null)
                 {
                     InputStream in = null;
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public class Log
     public static void setLogToParent(String name)
     {
         ClassLoader loader = Log.class.getClassLoader();
-        if (loader.getParent()!=null)
+        if (loader!=null && loader.getParent()!=null)
         {
             try
             {
diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
index 90944a1cb72..d9c525b1f29 100644
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
+++ b/jetty-util/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/util/resource/Resource.java
@@ -298,16 +298,7 @@ public abstract class Resource implements ResourceFactory
         URL url=Resource.class.getResource(name);
         
         if (url==null)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                url=Loader.getResource(Resource.class,name,checkParents);
-            }
-            catch(ClassNotFoundException e)
-            {
-                url=ClassLoader.getSystemResource(name);
-            }
-        }
+            url=Loader.getResource(Resource.class,name,checkParents);
         if (url==null)
             return null;
         return newResource(url,useCaches);