diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/AutoTuneXmlReader.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/AutoTuneXmlReader.java
index 47293b419..d757117aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/AutoTuneXmlReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/AutoTuneXmlReader.java
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ public class AutoTuneXmlReader {
   /**
    * Read and return a Profiling from an xml file.
    */
-  public Autotune read(File file) {
-
+  public static Autotune read(File file) {
     try {
       return readFile(file);
     } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ public class AutoTuneXmlReader {
     }
   }
 
-  protected Autotune readFile(File file) throws IOException {
+  protected static Autotune readFile(File file) throws IOException {
     if (!file.exists()) {
       return new Autotune();
     }
@@ -43,8 +42,7 @@ public class AutoTuneXmlReader {
   /**
    * Read and return a Profiling from an xml document.
    */
-  public Autotune read(InputStream is) {
-
+  public static Autotune read(InputStream is) {
     try {
       JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(Autotune.class);
       Unmarshaller unmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/DefaultAutoTuneService.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/DefaultAutoTuneService.java
index bdf99ac22..5a7942259 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/DefaultAutoTuneService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/DefaultAutoTuneService.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
@@ -101,19 +102,26 @@ public class DefaultAutoTuneService implements AutoTuneService {
    */
   private void loadTuningFile() {
     File file = new File(tuningFile);
-    if (!file.exists()) {
-      logger.warn("AutoTune file {} not found - no initial automatic query tuning", file.getAbsolutePath());
-
+    if (file.exists()) {
+      loadAutoTuneProfiling(AutoTuneXmlReader.read(file));
     } else {
-      AutoTuneXmlReader reader = new AutoTuneXmlReader();
-      Autotune profiling = reader.read(file);
-      logger.info("AutoTune loading {} tuning entries", profiling.getOrigin().size());
-      for (Origin origin : profiling.getOrigin()) {
-        queryTuner.put(origin);
+      // look for autotune as a resource
+      InputStream stream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/" + tuningFile);
+      if (stream != null) {
+        loadAutoTuneProfiling(AutoTuneXmlReader.read(stream));
+      } else {
+        logger.warn("AutoTune file {} not found - no initial automatic query tuning", tuningFile);
       }
     }
   }
 
+  private void loadAutoTuneProfiling(Autotune profiling) {
+    logger.info("AutoTune loading {} tuning entries", profiling.getOrigin().size());
+    for (Origin origin : profiling.getOrigin()) {
+      queryTuner.put(origin);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Collect profiling, check for new/diff to existing tuning and apply changes.
    */
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/AutoTuneXmlReaderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/AutoTuneXmlReaderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8afbec00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/autotune/service/AutoTuneXmlReaderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.autotune.service;
+
+import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.autotune.model.Autotune;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class AutoTuneXmlReaderTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void read_file() throws Exception {
+
+    File testFile = new File("src/test/resources/autotune/test-autotune.xml");
+
+    Autotune tuneInfo = AutoTuneXmlReader.read(testFile);
+    assertThat(tuneInfo.getOrigin()).isNotEmpty();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void read_inputStream() throws Exception {
+
+    InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/autotune/test-autotune.xml");
+
+    Autotune tuneInfo = AutoTuneXmlReader.read(is);
+    assertThat(tuneInfo.getOrigin()).isNotEmpty();
+  }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/autotune/test-autotune.xml b/src/test/resources/autotune/test-autotune.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aabed5e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/autotune/test-autotune.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<autotune xmlns="http://ebean-orm.github.io/xml/ns/autotune">
+    <origin key="DWeHD4.B0dP9Z.DKG8lq" beanType="com.avaje.tests.model.basic.Order" detail="select (status,shipDate) " original="select (status, orderDate, shipDate) ">
+        <callStack>com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.findById(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:62)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.useOrderDate(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:66)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.execute(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:52)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.test(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:25)
+sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
+</callStack>
+    </origin>
+    <origin key="DWeHD4.BZfmOY.Yd8Hf" beanType="com.avaje.tests.model.basic.Order" detail=" fetch customer (id)  fetch details (orderQty,shipQty,unitPrice)  fetch details.product (id,name) " original="select (id)  fetch details ">
+        <callStack>com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.useLotUntuned(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:95)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.execute(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:55)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.test(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:25)
+sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
+sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
+</callStack>
+    </origin>
+    <origin key="DWeHD4.l6b4M.BYWlSr" beanType="com.avaje.tests.model.basic.Order" detail=" fetch customer (name) " original="">
+        <callStack>com.avaje.tests.model.basic.Order._ebean_get_customer(Order.java:6)
+com.avaje.tests.model.basic.Order.getCustomer(Order.java:228)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.useOrderDateCustomerName(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:74)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.execute(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:53)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.test(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:25)
+</callStack>
+    </origin>
+    <origin key="DVf2Cn.StLsZ.BCru36" beanType="com.avaje.tests.model.basic.OrderDetail" detail=" fetch product (name) " original="">
+        <callStack>com.avaje.tests.model.basic.OrderDetail._ebean_get_product(OrderDetail.java:6)
+com.avaje.tests.model.basic.OrderDetail.getProduct(OrderDetail.java:150)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.useLotUntuned(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:96)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.execute(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:55)
+com.avaje.tests.query.autotune.TestAutoTuneProfiling.test(TestAutoTuneProfiling.java:32)
+</callStack>
+    </origin>
+</autotune>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
index c6a513108..ecacef46d 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
   </root>
 
 
+  <!--<logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal" level="INFO"/>-->
+
   <logger name="com.avaje.ebean" level="INFO"/>
   <logger name="org.avaje.ebean" level="INFO"/>