I have a connection pool that uses a properties file. I been placing the props file into the tomcat_home classes directory and that works fine. However, I want to put it in the war file someplace it is appended to the classpath when tomcat starts up. I tried the lib directory in the war but it seems that only jars are picked up by tomcats class loader. I trying to keep apps(war files) as portable as possible. Thanks for any reply, Keith