diff --git a/ors-api/src/main/java/org/heigit/ors/api/servlet/listeners/ORSInitContextListener.java b/ors-api/src/main/java/org/heigit/ors/api/servlet/listeners/ORSInitContextListener.java
index ad9edad991..2c37a76ff4 100644
--- a/ors-api/src/main/java/org/heigit/ors/api/servlet/listeners/ORSInitContextListener.java
+++ b/ors-api/src/main/java/org/heigit/ors/api/servlet/listeners/ORSInitContextListener.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 import org.heigit.ors.util.StringUtility;
 
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 import static org.heigit.ors.api.ORSEnvironmentPostProcessor.ORS_CONFIG_LOCATION_ENV;
@@ -102,22 +104,27 @@ record SourceFileElements(String repoBaseUrlString, String repoName, String loca
     }
 
     SourceFileElements extractSourceFileElements(String sourceFilePropertyValue) {
-        String repoBaseUrlString = null;
-        String repoName = null;
-        String localOsmFilePath = "";
+        String accessScheme = null, repoBaseUrlString = null, repoName = null;
+        sourceFilePropertyValue = sourceFilePropertyValue.trim();
         try {
-            new URL(sourceFilePropertyValue);
-            LOGGER.debug("Configuration property 'source_file' contains a URL, using value as URL for a graphs repository");
-            sourceFilePropertyValue = sourceFilePropertyValue.trim().replaceAll("/$", "");
-            String[] urlElements = sourceFilePropertyValue.split("/");
+            URI uri = new URI(sourceFilePropertyValue);
+            accessScheme = uri.getScheme();
+            repoBaseUrlString = uri.getHost();
+            if (accessScheme == null || repoBaseUrlString == null) {
+                throw new URISyntaxException(sourceFilePropertyValue, "URI does not contain a valid schema or host");
+            }
+            repoBaseUrlString = accessScheme + "://" + repoBaseUrlString;
 
-            repoName = urlElements[urlElements.length - 1];
-            repoBaseUrlString = sourceFilePropertyValue.replaceAll("/%s$".formatted(repoName), "");
-        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+            String[] pathElements = uri.getPath().split("/");
+            if (pathElements.length == 0) {
+                throw new URISyntaxException(sourceFilePropertyValue, "URI does not contain a path");
+            }
+            repoName = pathElements[pathElements.length - 1];
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
             LOGGER.debug("Configuration property 'source_file' does not contain a URL, using value as local osm file path");
-            localOsmFilePath = sourceFilePropertyValue;
+            return new SourceFileElements(repoBaseUrlString, repoName, sourceFilePropertyValue);
         }
-        return new SourceFileElements(repoBaseUrlString, repoName, localOsmFilePath);
+        return new SourceFileElements(repoBaseUrlString, repoName, "");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/ors-api/src/test/java/org/heigit/ors/api/servlet/listeners/ORSInitContextListenerTest.java b/ors-api/src/test/java/org/heigit/ors/api/servlet/listeners/ORSInitContextListenerTest.java
index 280647dd7a..4a13517f73 100644
--- a/ors-api/src/test/java/org/heigit/ors/api/servlet/listeners/ORSInitContextListenerTest.java
+++ b/ors-api/src/test/java/org/heigit/ors/api/servlet/listeners/ORSInitContextListenerTest.java
@@ -16,17 +16,16 @@ void setUp(){
     }
     @ParameterizedTest
     @CsvSource(value = {
-            "https://example.com/test-repo/planet,      https://example.com, test-repo, planet",
-            "https://example.com/test-repo/planet/,     https://example.com, test-repo, planet",
-            "' https://example.com/test-repo/planet ',  https://example.com, test-repo, planet",
-            "' https://example.com/test-repo/planet/ ', https://example.com, test-repo, planet",
-            "' http://example.com/test-repo/planet/ ',  http://example.com, test-repo, planet"
+            "https://example.com/foo1/foo2/foo3/test-repo,      https://example.com, test-repo",
+            "https://example.com/test-repo/,     https://example.com, test-repo",
+            "https://example.com/test-repo,  https://example.com, test-repo",
+            "' https://example.com/test-repo ',  https://example.com, test-repo",
+            "https://example.com/test-repos/, https://example.com, test-repos",
+            "http://example.com/test-repo/,  http://example.com, test-repo"
     })
-    void extractSourceFileElements_withURL(String url, String expectedBaseUrl, String expectedRepoName, String expectedCoverage){
+    void extractSourceFileElements_withURL(String url, String expectedBaseUrl, String expectedRepoName){
         ORSInitContextListener.SourceFileElements elements = orsInitContextListener.extractSourceFileElements(url);
         assertEquals(expectedBaseUrl, elements.repoBaseUrlString());
         assertEquals(expectedRepoName, elements.repoName());
-        // TODO fix this function
-        // assertEquals(expectedCoverage, elements.repoCoverage());
     }
 }
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