diff --git a/tools.descartes.dql.connector.kieker/src/tools/descartes/dql/connector/kieker/KiekerManager.java b/tools.descartes.dql.connector.kieker/src/tools/descartes/dql/connector/kieker/KiekerManager.java
index fad1e00ea7f9c65f20c9d22442b3350366c5d9a2..f390fe2ae25f2d446169eee9f9e279f56e5d11bb 100644
--- a/tools.descartes.dql.connector.kieker/src/tools/descartes/dql/connector/kieker/KiekerManager.java
+++ b/tools.descartes.dql.connector.kieker/src/tools/descartes/dql/connector/kieker/KiekerManager.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
+import kieker.common.configuration.Configuration;
 import tools.descartes.dql.connector.kieker.configgenerator.XMLGenerationManager;
 import tools.descartes.dql.connector.kieker.filter.KiekerAnalysisController;
 import tools.descartes.dql.connector.kieker.structures.Trace;
@@ -65,12 +66,6 @@ public class KiekerManager {
 			log("Valid user config found, start processing...");
 			Properties prop = KiekerHelper.getProperties(modelLocation);
 			this.traceFileOutputPath= (String) prop.get(KiekerHelper.KIEKER_LOG_DIRECTORY);
-			traceFileOutputPath = traceFileOutputPath.replace("%20", " "); // fixes
-																			// space
-																			// in
-																			// path
-																			// problem
-
 			if (!KiekerHelper.checkTraceFilesExist(traceFileOutputPath)){
 				log("No traceFiles found in specified log directory");
 				log("Start monitoring");