diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 00a51aff..e52aea20 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-#
-# https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings/
-#
-# These are explicitly windows files and should use crlf
-*.bat           text eol=crlf
-
+# use LF line endings within the project
+* text eol=lf
diff --git a/src/main/scala/edu/ie3/powerFactory2psdm/util/Formatter.scala b/src/main/scala/edu/ie3/powerFactory2psdm/util/Formatter.scala
index 0ae5d0dd..8b586de2 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/edu/ie3/powerFactory2psdm/util/Formatter.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/edu/ie3/powerFactory2psdm/util/Formatter.scala
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@ package edu.ie3.powerFactory2psdm.util
 
 import java.nio.file.{Files, Paths}
 import org.scalafmt.interfaces.Scalafmt
+import java.io.File
 
 object Formatter {
 
   def format(str: String, fmtPath: Option[String]): String = {
     val classLoader = this.getClass.getClassLoader
     val scalafmt = Scalafmt.create(classLoader)
+    val configFile = new File(classLoader.getResource(".scalafmt.conf").getFile)
     val defaultConfigPath =
-      Paths.get(classLoader.getResource(".scalafmt.conf").getPath)
+      Paths.get(configFile.getPath)
     val defaultConfig =
       if (Files.exists(defaultConfigPath)) defaultConfigPath else Paths.get("")
     val config = fmtPath.fold(defaultConfig)(Paths.get(_))