diff --git a/spring-bootstrap-cli/src/main/scripts/spring b/spring-bootstrap-cli/src/main/scripts/spring
index 2b4095dee62..28120e8a562 100755
--- a/spring-bootstrap-cli/src/main/scripts/spring
+++ b/spring-bootstrap-cli/src/main/scripts/spring
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash -x
 
 # OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
 cygwin=false;
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$SPRING_HOME" == "" ]; then
     SPRING_HOME=`cd "$(dirname $0)"/.. && pwd`
 fi
+SPRING_HOME=`cd "${SPRING_HOME}" && pwd`
 SPRING_BIN=$(dirname $0)
 
 TARGETDIR=target/classes
@@ -59,12 +60,16 @@ mkdir -p "${TARGETDIR%/}"
 
 CLASSPATH="${CLASSPATH}":"${SPRING_BIN}":"${TARGETDIR}"
 
+if [ ! "${SPRING_BIN}" == "${SPRING_HOME}" ]; then
+    CLASSPATH="${CLASSPATH}":"${SPRING_HOME}"/classes
+fi
+
 for f in "${SPRING_HOME}"/lib/*.jar; do
-    CLASSPATH="${CLASSPATH}":$f
+    [ -f $f ] && CLASSPATH="${CLASSPATH}":$f
 done
 
 for f in "${SPRING_HOME}"/*.jar; do
-    CLASSPATH="${CLASSPATH}":$f
+    [ -f $f ] && CLASSPATH="${CLASSPATH}":$f
 done
 
 if $cygwin; then