diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/SolrBootstrap.java b/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/SolrBootstrap.java
index dac56f7c..239c3471 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/SolrBootstrap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/SolrBootstrap.java
@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@ public enum SolrBootstrap implements Bootstrap {
             }
             build();
         }
-        build();
     }
 
     private void build() {
         try {
-            solrLocalCluster = new SolrEmbeddedServer(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(solrDirectory).getFile(), solrCollection);
+            String path = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(solrDirectory).getFile();
+            if (System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows")) {
+                path = path.substring(1);
+            }
+            solrLocalCluster = new SolrEmbeddedServer(path, solrCollection);
         } catch (ParserConfigurationException | IOException | SAXException e) {
             LOGGER.error("unable to bootstrap solr", e);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/solr/SolrEmbeddedServer.java b/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/solr/SolrEmbeddedServer.java
index 80869265..0c7f6d85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/solr/SolrEmbeddedServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/solr/SolrEmbeddedServer.java
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ public final EmbeddedSolrServer createPathConfiguredSolrServer(String path) thro
 
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(solrHomeDirectory)) {
             solrHomeDirectory = getURL(path).getPath();
+            if (System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows")) {
+                solrHomeDirectory = solrHomeDirectory.substring(1);
+            }
         }
 
         solrHomeDirectory = URLDecoder.decode(solrHomeDirectory, "utf-8");
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/exception/BootstrapException.java b/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/exception/BootstrapException.java
index a52c4fac..f8556048 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/exception/BootstrapException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/jetoile/sample/exception/BootstrapException.java
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package fr.jetoile.sample.exception;
 
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
-import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.embedded.EmbeddedSolrServer;
-
-import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
 public class BootstrapException extends Exception {
     public BootstrapException(String s, ConfigurationException e) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/HdfsBootstrapTest.java b/src/test/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/HdfsBootstrapTest.java
index 5e78c88f..d39b8624 100644
--- a/src/test/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/HdfsBootstrapTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/fr/jetoile/sample/component/HdfsBootstrapTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 
 import com.github.sakserv.minicluster.config.ConfigVars;
+import com.github.sakserv.minicluster.util.WindowsLibsUtils;
 import fr.jetoile.sample.exception.BootstrapException;
 import fr.jetoile.sample.Utils;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;