diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/utils/DateConverter.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/utils/DateConverter.java
index 2f4004a8..fc03d1b3 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/utils/DateConverter.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/utils/DateConverter.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.utils;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public class DateConverter {
 
     public Optional<Date> parseDate(String dateAsString) {
 
-        DateTimeFormatter formatter = getDateTimeFormatter("date_formats.txt");
+        DateTimeFormatter formatter = getDateTimeFormatter(Path.of("date_formats.txt").toString());
         String cleanDate = dateAsString.trim();
         cleanDate = removeTrailingDot(cleanDate);
         try {