diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/pom.xml b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/pom.xml
index 49a5e44d15d..0d7ae54d492 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/pom.xml
@@ -106,13 +106,6 @@
       <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
       <artifactId>kogito-jq-expression</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-    	<groupId>org.apache.kie.sonataflow</groupId>
-    	<artifactId>
-    		sonataflow-addons-quarkus-camel-deployment
-    	</artifactId>
-    	<version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/FileContentLoader.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/FileContentLoader.java
index ef86e1d2aeb..aabd9b1258b 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/FileContentLoader.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/FileContentLoader.java
@@ -20,17 +20,23 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 public class FileContentLoader extends CachedContentLoader {
 
     private final Path path;
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FileContentLoader.class);
+
     FileContentLoader(String uri, URIContentLoader... fallbackContentLoaders) {
         super(uri, fallbackContentLoaders);
-        this.path = Path.of(uriToPath(uri));
+        this.path = obtainPath(uri);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -38,6 +44,17 @@ public URIContentLoaderType type() {
         return URIContentLoaderType.FILE;
     }
 
+    private static Path obtainPath(String uri) {
+        if (uri.startsWith(URIContentLoaderType.FILE.scheme())) {
+            try {
+                return Path.of(URI.create(uri));
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                logger.info("URI {} is not valid one according to Java, trying alternative approach", uri, ex);
+            }
+        }
+        return Path.of(uriToPath(uri));
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected Optional<Path> internalGetPath() {
         return Files.exists(path) ? Optional.of(path) : Optional.empty();
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderFactory.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderFactory.java
index 0a284b595f3..9e44087b36f 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderFactory.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderFactory.java
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ public static byte[] readBytes(String uriStr, Workflow workflow, Optional<Parser
     }
 
     public static Builder builder(URI uri) {
-        return new Builder(uri);
+        return new Builder(uri.toString());
     }
 
     public static Builder builder(String uri) {
-        return new Builder(URI.create(uri));
+        return new Builder(uri);
     }
 
     public static class Builder {
@@ -134,11 +134,7 @@ public URIContentLoader build() {
     }
 
     public static String compoundURI(String baseURI, String uri) {
-        if (URIContentLoaderType.scheme(uri).isPresent()) {
-            return uri;
-        }
-        final URIContentLoaderType baseType = URIContentLoaderType.from(baseURI);
-        return baseType.addScheme(baseType.isAbsolutePath(uri) ? uri : baseType.concat(baseType.trimLast(baseType.uriToPath(baseURI)), uri));
+        return URIContentLoaderType.scheme(uri).isPresent() ? uri : URIContentLoaderType.from(baseURI).concat(baseURI, uri);
     }
 
     private URIContentLoaderFactory() {
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderType.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderType.java
index d845ef9abef..515195bdf95 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderType.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderType.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public static Optional<String> scheme(String uri) {
     public static URIContentLoaderType from(String uri) {
         return scheme(uri).map(scheme -> {
             switch (scheme) {
+                default:
                 case "file":
                     return FILE;
                 case "classpath":
@@ -54,17 +55,10 @@ public static URIContentLoaderType from(String uri) {
                     return HTTP;
                 case "https":
                     return HTTPS;
-                default:
-                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized protocol " + scheme + "for uri " + uri);
             }
         }).orElse(FILE);
     }
 
-    public String addScheme(String path) {
-        String lowerCasePath = path.toLowerCase();
-        return lowerCasePath.startsWith(scheme) ? path : scheme + path;
-    }
-
     public boolean isAbsolutePath(String path) {
         if (!path.isBlank()) {
             char firstChar = path.trim().charAt(0);
@@ -78,16 +72,19 @@ public boolean isAbsolutePath(String path) {
     }
 
     public String concat(String basePath, String additionalPath) {
-        char separator = separator();
-        if (!basePath.isBlank() && !isAbsolutePath(basePath)) {
-            basePath = separator + basePath;
+        if (isAbsolutePath(additionalPath)) {
+            return keepSchemaIfPresent(basePath, additionalPath);
+        }
+        int indexOf = lastIndexOf(basePath);
+        if (indexOf != -1) {
+            return keepSchemaIfPresent(basePath, basePath.substring(0, indexOf + 1) + additionalPath);
+        } else {
+            return keepSchemaIfPresent(basePath, additionalPath);
         }
-        return basePath + separator + additionalPath;
     }
 
-    public String trimLast(String path) {
-        int indexOf = lastIndexOf(path);
-        return indexOf != -1 ? path.substring(0, indexOf) : "";
+    private String keepSchemaIfPresent(String basePath, String resultPath) {
+        return basePath.startsWith(scheme) && !resultPath.startsWith(scheme) ? scheme + resultPath : resultPath;
     }
 
     public String lastPart(String path) {
@@ -112,8 +109,4 @@ private int lastIndexOf(String path) {
         return indexOf;
     }
 
-    private char separator() {
-        return additionalSeparators.length > 0 ? additionalSeparators[0] : '/';
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderTest.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderTest.java
index 33ff48c3351..551b9c22fbc 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderTest.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderTest.java
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ class URIContentLoaderTest {
 
     @Test
     void testExistingFile() throws URISyntaxException {
-        assertThat(readString(builder(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("pepe.txt").toURI()))).isEqualTo("my name is javierito");
+        assertThat(readString(builder(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource("pepe a pepa.txt").toURI()))).isEqualTo("my name is javierito");
     }
 
     @Test
     void testExistingClasspath() {
-        assertThat(readString(builder("classpath:pepe.txt"))).isEqualTo("my name is javierito");
+        assertThat(readString(builder("classpath:pepe a pepa.txt"))).isEqualTo("my name is javierito");
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ void testNotExistingClasspath() {
 
     @Test
     void testCompoundURI() {
-        assertThat(compoundURI("classpath:pepe.json", "pepa.json")).isEqualTo("classpath:/pepa.json");
-        assertThat(compoundURI("classpath:pepe.json", "file:///pepa.json")).isEqualTo("file:///pepa.json");
+        assertThat(compoundURI("classpath:pepe.json", "pepa.json")).isEqualTo("classpath:pepa.json");
+        assertThat(compoundURI("classpath:pepe.json", "file:/pepa.json")).isEqualTo("file:/pepa.json");
         assertThat(compoundURI("classpath:schema/pepe.json", "/pepa.json")).isEqualTo("classpath:/pepa.json");
-        assertThat(compoundURI("classpath:schema/pepe.json", "pepa.json")).isEqualTo("classpath:/schema/pepa.json");
-        assertThat(compoundURI("pepe.json", "pepa.json")).isEqualTo("file:/pepa.json");
-        assertThat(compoundURI("schema/pepe.json", "pepa.json")).isEqualTo("file:/schema/pepa.json");
-        assertThat(compoundURI("schema/pepe.json", "/pepa.json")).isEqualTo("file:/pepa.json");
+        assertThat(compoundURI("classpath:schema/pepe.json", "pepa.json")).isEqualTo("classpath:schema/pepa.json");
+        assertThat(compoundURI("pepe.json", "pepa.json")).isEqualTo("pepa.json");
+        assertThat(compoundURI("schema/pepe.json", "pepa.json")).isEqualTo("schema/pepa.json");
+        assertThat(compoundURI("schema/pepe.json", "/pepa.json")).isEqualTo("/pepa.json");
         assertThat(compoundURI("pepe.json", "classpath:pepa.json")).isEqualTo("classpath:pepa.json");
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/resources/pepe.txt b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/resources/pepe a pepa.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/resources/pepe.txt
rename to kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/resources/pepe a pepa.txt
diff --git a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/quarkus/serverless/workflow/rpc/WorkflowRPCCodeGenProvider.java b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/quarkus/serverless/workflow/rpc/WorkflowRPCCodeGenProvider.java
index 8c35dcc7bf7..dd96cbde940 100644
--- a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/quarkus/serverless/workflow/rpc/WorkflowRPCCodeGenProvider.java
+++ b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/quarkus/serverless/workflow/rpc/WorkflowRPCCodeGenProvider.java
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ public boolean trigger(CodeGenContext context) throws CodeGenException {
             }
             ProtocUtils.generateDescriptor(protoFiles, context);
             return true;
-        } catch (IOException io) {
+        } catch (Exception io) {
+        	logger.error("Exception generating RPC code", io);
             throw new CodeGenException(io);
         }
     }
diff --git a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/QuarkusResourceCache.java b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/QuarkusResourceCache.java
index 310dedb1d6b..17beb1d815b 100644
--- a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/QuarkusResourceCache.java
+++ b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/QuarkusResourceCache.java
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.kie.kogito.serverless.workflow.io;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import io.quarkus.cache.Cache;
 import io.quarkus.cache.CacheName;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ void init() {
         ResourceCacheFactory.setResourceCache(this::get);
     }
 
-    private byte[] get(URI uri, Function<URI, byte[]> retrieveCall) {
-        return cache.get(uri, retrieveCall).await().indefinitely();
+    private byte[] get(String uri, Supplier<byte[]> retrieveCall) {
+        return cache.get(uri, u -> retrieveCall.get()).await().indefinitely();
     }
 }