diff --git a/sbm-support-rewrite/src/main/java/org/springframework/sbm/parsers/maven/MavenSettingsInitializer.java b/sbm-support-rewrite/src/main/java/org/springframework/sbm/parsers/maven/MavenSettingsInitializer.java
index e3753934f..656360db3 100644
--- a/sbm-support-rewrite/src/main/java/org/springframework/sbm/parsers/maven/MavenSettingsInitializer.java
+++ b/sbm-support-rewrite/src/main/java/org/springframework/sbm/parsers/maven/MavenSettingsInitializer.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class MavenSettingsInitializer {
      * @deprecated initialization in ExecutionoContext is done in ProjectParser
      */
     public void initializeMavenSettings() {
-        String repo = "file://" + Path.of(System.getProperty("user.home")).resolve(".m2/repository") + "/";
+        String repo = "file:" + Path.of(System.getProperty("user.home")).resolve(".m2/repository") + "/";
         MavenRepository mavenRepository = new MavenRepository("local", repo, "true", "true", true, null, null, false);
         MavenSettings mavenSettings = new MavenSettings(repo, mavenRepository, null, null, null, null);
         // Read .m2/settings.xml
diff --git a/sbm-support-rewrite/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/test/util/ParserParityTestHelper.java b/sbm-support-rewrite/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/test/util/ParserParityTestHelper.java
index 23d705c71..5685ba0ad 100644
--- a/sbm-support-rewrite/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/test/util/ParserParityTestHelper.java
+++ b/sbm-support-rewrite/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/test/util/ParserParityTestHelper.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.springframework.sbm.parsers.RewriteProjectParsingResult;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
@@ -287,6 +288,17 @@ private void compareMavenResolutionResultMarker(SoftAssertions softAssertions, M
                                                 f1.getHost().equals(f2.getHost()) &&
                                                 f1.getPath().equals(f2.getPath()) &&
                                                 f1.getFragment().equals(f2.getFragment());
+                                    } else if(fi1 instanceof String) {
+                                        try {
+                                            URI f1 = new URI((String) fi1);
+                                            URI f2 = new URI((String) fi2);
+                                            return equals ? true : f1.getScheme().equals(f2.getScheme()) &&
+                                                    f1.getHost() == null ? (f2.getHost() == null ? true : false) : f1.getHost().equals(f2.getHost()) &&
+                                                    f1.getPath().equals(f2.getPath()) &&
+                                                    f1.getFragment().equals(f2.getFragment());
+                                        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+                                            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                                        }
                                     } else {
                                         return false;
                                     }