diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d498d89..2c01335 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.java == 'temurin@21' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: sbt 'project ${{ matrix.project }}' '++ ${{ matrix.scala }}' doc
 
+      - name: Run example (covers reading resources from a jar)
+        if: matrix.project == 'rootJVM'
+        run: sbt 'project ${{ matrix.project }}' '++ ${{ matrix.scala }}' example/run
+
       - name: Make target directories
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && (startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
         run: mkdir -p modules/core/native/target modules/core/jvm/target project/target
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0323b45..cdbdb61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ Notes:
 ```scala
 val dumboWithResouces = Dumbo.withResources(
   List(
-    ResourceFilePath("db/migration/V1__test.sql"),
-    ResourceFilePath("db/migration/V2__test_b.sql"))
+    ResourceFilePath("/db/migration/V1__test.sql"),
+    ResourceFilePath("/db/migration/V2__test_b.sql"))
   )
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 5057337..11606f0 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ ThisBuild / githubWorkflowBuild := {
     cond = Some("(matrix.project == 'rootJVM') && (matrix.scala == '2.13')"),
   ) +: (ThisBuild / githubWorkflowBuild).value
 }
+
+ThisBuild / githubWorkflowBuild += WorkflowStep.Sbt(
+  List("example/run"),
+  name = Some("Run example (covers reading resources from a jar)"),
+  cond = Some("matrix.project == 'rootJVM'"),
+)
+
 ThisBuild / githubWorkflowBuildMatrixExclusions ++= Seq(
   MatrixExclude(Map("project" -> "rootNative", "scala" -> "2.12")),
   MatrixExclude(Map("project" -> "rootNative", "scala" -> "2.13")),
diff --git a/modules/core/jvm/src/main/scala-2/dumbo/ResourceFilePath.scala b/modules/core/jvm/src/main/scala-2/dumbo/ResourceFilePath.scala
index 6c05e6b..1f2a736 100644
--- a/modules/core/jvm/src/main/scala-2/dumbo/ResourceFilePath.scala
+++ b/modules/core/jvm/src/main/scala-2/dumbo/ResourceFilePath.scala
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 package dumbo
 
 import java.io.File
+import java.net.URI
 import java.nio.file.{Path, Paths}
+import java.util.zip.ZipFile
 
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.*
 
+import cats.effect.Resource
 import cats.effect.kernel.Sync
 import cats.implicits.*
 import dumbo.exception.*
@@ -20,14 +23,14 @@ final case class ResourceFilePath(value: String) extends AnyVal {
 object ResourceFilePath {
   def fromResourcesDir[F[_]: Sync](location: String): F[List[ResourceFilePath]] =
     Sync[F].delay(getClass().getClassLoader().getResources(location).asScala.toList).flatMap {
-      case head :: Nil =>
+      case url :: Nil if url.toString.startsWith("jar:") => listInJar(url.toURI(), location)
+      case url :: Nil =>
         Sync[F].delay {
-          val base = Paths.get(head.toURI())
+          val base = Paths.get(url.toURI())
           val resources =
             new File(base.toString()).list().map(fileName => apply(Paths.get("/", location, fileName))).toList
           resources
         }
-
       case Nil => Sync[F].raiseError(new ResourcesLocationNotFund(s"resource ${location} was not found"))
       case multiple =>
         Sync[F].raiseError(
@@ -38,4 +41,23 @@ object ResourceFilePath {
     }
 
   def apply(p: Path): ResourceFilePath = ResourceFilePath(p.toString())
+
+  private def listInJar[F[_]: Sync](jarUri: URI, location: String): F[List[ResourceFilePath]] =
+    Resource.fromAutoCloseable {
+      Sync[F].delay {
+        val srcUriStr   = jarUri.toString()
+        val jarFilePath = srcUriStr.slice(srcUriStr.lastIndexOf(":") + 1, srcUriStr.lastIndexOf("!"))
+        new ZipFile(jarFilePath)
+      }
+    }.use { fs =>
+      Sync[F].delay {
+        fs
+          .entries()
+          .asScala
+          .toList
+          .filter(_.getName().startsWith(location))
+          .map(entry => ResourceFilePath(s"/${entry.getName()}"))
+      }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/modules/example/src/main/scala/ExampleApp.scala b/modules/example/src/main/scala/ExampleApp.scala
index 88743c4..209c92d 100644
--- a/modules/example/src/main/scala/ExampleApp.scala
+++ b/modules/example/src/main/scala/ExampleApp.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ object ExampleApp extends IOApp.Simple {
         database = "postgres",
         password = Some("postgres"),
       ),
-      defaultSchema = "public",
+      defaultSchema = "dumbo",
     )
     .runMigration
     .flatMap { result =>