diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
index 603fb0712d..d1554b0117 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
@@ -120,11 +120,19 @@ public class GenerationTool {
         InputStream in = GenerationTool.class.getResourceAsStream(args[0]);
 
         if (in == null) {
-            log.error("Cannot find " + args[0]);
-            log.error("-----------");
-            log.error("Please be sure it is located on the classpath and qualified as a classpath location.");
-            log.error("If it is located at the current working directory, try adding a '/' to the path");
-            error();
+
+            // [#2932] Retry loading the file, if it wasn't found. This may be helpful
+            // to some users who were unaware that this file is loaded from the classpath
+            if (!args[0].startsWith("/"))
+                in = GenerationTool.class.getResourceAsStream("/" + args[0]);
+
+            if (in == null) {
+                log.error("Cannot find " + args[0]);
+                log.error("-----------");
+                log.error("Please be sure it is located on the classpath and qualified as a classpath location.");
+                log.error("If it is located at the current working directory, try adding a '/' to the path");
+                error();
+            }
         }
 
         log.info("Initialising properties", args[0]);
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/launch/GenerationTool MySQL test.launch b/jOOQ-test/launch/GenerationTool MySQL test.launch
index 91b2f9ffab..30176f2ae4 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/launch/GenerationTool MySQL test.launch	
+++ b/jOOQ-test/launch/GenerationTool MySQL test.launch	
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.CLASSPATH_PROVIDER" value="org.eclipse.m2e.launchconfig.classpathProvider"/>
 <booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.DEFAULT_CLASSPATH" value="false"/>
 <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MAIN_TYPE" value="org.jooq.util.GenerationTool"/>
-<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROGRAM_ARGUMENTS" value="/org/jooq/configuration/${env_var:USERNAME}/mysql/library.xml"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROGRAM_ARGUMENTS" value="org/jooq/configuration/${env_var:USERNAME}/mysql/library.xml"/>
 <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" value="jOOQ-codegen"/>
 <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.SOURCE_PATH_PROVIDER" value="org.eclipse.m2e.launchconfig.sourcepathProvider"/>
 <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="${workspace_loc:jOOQ-test}"/>