Hi, Currently, seems that jshell cannot be run on an exploded build: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172414 The reason appears to be an unconditional use of jrt URL, maybe just using Class.getResource(AsStream) would work? http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlahoda/8172414/webrev.00/ Thanks, Jan