try {
    jarLocation = CryoStats.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI().getPath();
    confLocation = jarLocation.substring(0, jarLocation.lastIndexOf("/")) + "/config/";
try (FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(confLocation + "CryoStats.properties");) {
            properties.load(input);
            HORUS_HOST = properties.getProperty("HORUS_HOST");
            HORUS_USERNAME = properties.getProperty("HORUS_USERNAME");
            HORUS_PASSWORD = properties.getProperty("HORUS_PASSWORD");
            CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("CONNECTION_TIMEOUT"));
            SOCKET_TIMEOUT = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("SOCKET_TIMEOUT"));
            System.out.println("CryoStats.properties loaded.");
        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
            System.out.println("Error loading properties file");
            System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            System.out.println("Error loading properties file");
            System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
        }
} catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
        System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
    }

jarLocation = /cryostats

confLocation = System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/config/";