diff --git a/hopsworks-IT/src/test/ruby/spec/jupyter_spec.rb b/hopsworks-IT/src/test/ruby/spec/jupyter_spec.rb
index db28bb35f7..bd739f7983 100644
--- a/hopsworks-IT/src/test/ruby/spec/jupyter_spec.rb
+++ b/hopsworks-IT/src/test/ruby/spec/jupyter_spec.rb
@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@
             update_jupyter(@project, settings)
           end
 
+          it "should work to start jupyter server with spark files attached" do
+            get_settings(@project)
+            settings = json_body
+            settings[:jobConfig][:"spark.yarn.dist.files"]="hdfs:///Projects/#{@project[:projectname]}/Resources/README.md"
+            start_jupyter(@project, settings: settings)
+            jupyter_running(@project, expected_status: 200)
+            stop_jupyter(@project)
+          end
+
           it "should not allow starting multiple notebook servers" do
             start_jupyter(@project)
             start_jupyter(@project, expected_status: 400)
diff --git a/hopsworks-common/src/main/java/io/hops/hopsworks/common/jobs/spark/SparkController.java b/hopsworks-common/src/main/java/io/hops/hopsworks/common/jobs/spark/SparkController.java
index 91f4cbccb1..42fec9ab68 100644
--- a/hopsworks-common/src/main/java/io/hops/hopsworks/common/jobs/spark/SparkController.java
+++ b/hopsworks-common/src/main/java/io/hops/hopsworks/common/jobs/spark/SparkController.java
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ public void inspectDependencies(Project project, Users user, SparkJobConfigurati
     throws ProjectException, GenericException {
     DistributedFileSystemOps udfso = null;
     try {
+      udfso = dfs.getDfsOps(hdfsUsersBean.getHdfsUserName(project, user));
       if(isJob) {
-        udfso = dfs.getDfsOps(hdfsUsersBean.getHdfsUserName(project, user));
         if (!udfso.exists(jobConf.getAppPath())) {
           throw new ProjectException(RESTCodes.ProjectErrorCode.FILE_NOT_FOUND, Level.FINEST,
                   "Job application file does not exist: " + jobConf.getAppPath());