diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f58cb8f..f5aa778 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>de.markiewb.netbeans.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>open-file-at-cursor-plugin</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.2</version>
+    <version>1.2.0</version>
     <packaging>nbm</packaging>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/markiewb/netbeans/plugins/resourcehyperlink/ResourceHyperlinkProvider.java b/src/main/java/de/markiewb/netbeans/plugins/resourcehyperlink/ResourceHyperlinkProvider.java
index 0fcd322..5159384 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/markiewb/netbeans/plugins/resourcehyperlink/ResourceHyperlinkProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/markiewb/netbeans/plugins/resourcehyperlink/ResourceHyperlinkProvider.java
@@ -176,7 +176,21 @@ private Set<FileObject> findFiles(Document doc, String path) {
         FileObject docFO = NbEditorUtilities.getFileObject(doc);
         result.addAll(getMatchingFilesFromSourceRoots(FileOwnerQuery.getOwner(docFO), path));
 
-        //d) fallback to support absolute paths - exact match
+        //d) fallback to exact matches in project root
+        FileObject docFOX = NbEditorUtilities.getFileObject(doc);
+        Project owner = FileOwnerQuery.getOwner(docFOX);
+        if (null != owner) {
+            FileObject projectDirectory = owner.getProjectDirectory();
+            if (null != projectDirectory) {
+                //exact matches
+                FileObject fileObject = projectDirectory.getFileObject(path);
+                if (fileObject != null && !fileObject.isFolder()) {
+                    result.add(fileObject);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        //e) fallback to support absolute paths - exact match
         if (new File(path).exists() && !FileUtil.toFileObject(FileUtil.normalizeFile(new File(path))).isFolder()) {
             FileObject absolutePath = FileUtil.toFileObject(FileUtil.normalizeFile(new File(path)));
             result.add(absolutePath);
diff --git a/src/test/java/NewMain.java b/src/test/java/NewMain.java
index a6c9621..dff8a6c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/NewMain.java
+++ b/src/test/java/NewMain.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
                 + "com/toy/anagrams/lib/WordLibrary.java");
         System.out.println("filename = " + "WordLibrary.java");
         System.out.println("Hyper");
+        System.out.println("./src\\test\\java\\foo\\NewMain.java");
+        System.out.println(".\\src\\test\\java\\foo\\NewMain.java");
         System.out.println("de.markiewb.netbeans.plugins.resourcehyperlink.ResourceHyperlinkProvider");
         System.out.println("de.markiewb.netbeans.plugins.resourcehyperlink.ResourceHyperlinkProvider");
         System.out.println("D:\\ws\\nb-resource-hyperlink-at-cursor\\doc\\screenshot-1.0.0.png");