diff --git a/src/elin/util/file.clj b/src/elin/util/file.clj
index 750364de..3f203b67 100644
--- a/src/elin/util/file.clj
+++ b/src/elin/util/file.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (ns elin.util.file
   (:require
    [clojure.java.io :as io]
+   [clojure.string :as str]
    [elin.util.schema :as e.u.schema]
    [malli.core :as m]))
 
@@ -19,3 +20,12 @@
          (if (.exists file)
            file
            (recur (.getParentFile dir))))))))
+
+(m/=> normalize-path [:=> [:cat string?] string?])
+(defn normalize-path [path]
+  (let [path (str/replace-first path #"^file:" "")]
+    (if (str/starts-with? path "jar:")
+      (-> path
+          (str/replace-first #"^jar:file:" "zipfile://")
+          (str/replace #"!/" "::"))
+      path)))
diff --git a/test/elin/util/file_test.clj b/test/elin/util/file_test.clj
index 66d48a2b..590672d4 100644
--- a/test/elin/util/file_test.clj
+++ b/test/elin/util/file_test.clj
@@ -22,3 +22,12 @@
 
   (t/testing "Not found"
     (t/is (nil? (sut/find-file-in-parent-directories (str "non-existing" (random-uuid)))))))
+
+
+(t/deftest normalize-path-test
+  (t/is (= "/foo/bar.txt"
+           (sut/normalize-path "/foo/bar.txt")))
+  (t/is (= "/foo/bar.txt"
+           (sut/normalize-path "file:/foo/bar.txt")))
+  (t/is (= "zipfile:///path/to/jarfile.jar::path/to/file.clj"
+           (sut/normalize-path "jar:file:/path/to/jarfile.jar!/path/to/file.clj"))))