diff --git a/java/sca/modules/domain-node/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/DomainNode.java b/java/sca/modules/domain-node/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/DomainNode.java
index 91f4ff17d1..39f60c4a1d 100644
--- a/java/sca/modules/domain-node/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/DomainNode.java
+++ b/java/sca/modules/domain-node/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/DomainNode.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class DomainNode {
     }
     
     protected void parseConfigURI(String configURI) {
-        URI uri = URI.create(configURI);
+        URI uri = URI.create(fixScheme(configURI));
         String dn = uri.getHost();
         if (dn == null || dn.length() < 1) {
             dn = DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME;
@@ -136,4 +136,19 @@ public class DomainNode {
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * I keep typing the scheme part with just a colon instead of colon slash slash
+     * which URI doesn't parse properly which irritates me so fix it up here
+     */
+    private String fixScheme(String uri) {
+        int i = uri.indexOf(":");
+        if (i > -1 && uri.charAt(i+1) != '/') {
+            uri = uri.replaceFirst(":", ":/");
+        }
+        if (i > -1 && uri.charAt(i+2) != '/') {
+            uri = uri.replaceFirst(":/", "://");
+        }
+        return uri;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/java/sca/modules/domain-node/src/test/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/ConfigTestCase.java b/java/sca/modules/domain-node/src/test/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/ConfigTestCase.java
index 6327ae06b2..4ca8f180bb 100644
--- a/java/sca/modules/domain-node/src/test/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/ConfigTestCase.java
+++ b/java/sca/modules/domain-node/src/test/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/node/ConfigTestCase.java
@@ -39,4 +39,25 @@ public class ConfigTestCase{
         assertEquals("y", domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().get("p2"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testConfig1() throws Exception {
+        DomainNode domain = new DomainNode("foo:someDomain:1234?p1=x&p2=y");
+        assertEquals(4,  domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().size());
+        assertEquals("someDomain", domain.getDomainName());
+        assertEquals("foo", domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().get("domainScheme"));
+        assertEquals("someDomain", domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().get("domainName"));
+        assertEquals("x", domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().get("p1"));
+        assertEquals("y", domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().get("p2"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConfig2() throws Exception {
+        DomainNode domain = new DomainNode("foo:/someDomain:1234?p1=x&p2=y");
+        assertEquals(4,  domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().size());
+        assertEquals("someDomain", domain.getDomainName());
+        assertEquals("foo", domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().get("domainScheme"));
+        assertEquals("someDomain", domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().get("domainName"));
+        assertEquals("x", domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().get("p1"));
+        assertEquals("y", domain.getConfigAttributes().getAttributes().get("p2"));
+    }
 }