diff --git a/src/direct/mod.rs b/src/direct/mod.rs
index e963031..88360c0 100644
--- a/src/direct/mod.rs
+++ b/src/direct/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-use std::{collections::VecDeque, path::Path};
+use std::{collections::VecDeque, env, path::Path};
 
 use crate::{token::{Token, MessageType}, builtin::modules::Module};
+use crate::builtin::modules::io::print;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct LangSpecs {
@@ -58,8 +59,6 @@ pub fn from_list(text: &str) -> Vec<String> {
 
 fn parse_directive(text: &str, token_idx: usize, specs: &mut LangSpecs, origin: &String) {
 
-    std::env::set_current_dir(Path::new(origin).parent().unwrap()).expect("unable to change cwd");
-    
     for cap in DIRECTIVE_REGEX.captures_iter(text) {
         let mut enumerator = cap.iter().enumerate();
         loop {
@@ -91,11 +90,19 @@ fn parse_directive(text: &str, token_idx: usize, specs: &mut LangSpecs, origin:
                         return;
                     },
                     4 => {
+                        let cwd = Path::new(origin).parent().unwrap().canonicalize().unwrap();
                         for path in from_list(mat.as_str()).iter() {
-                            if let Ok(str) = std::fs::read_to_string(path) {
-                                specs.embedded_files.push((token_idx, str, path.to_owned()));
-                            } else {
-                                crate::message(MessageType::Warning, format!("Unable to read embedded file: {path}"));
+                            let mut include_path = cwd.clone();
+                            include_path.push(path);
+
+                            if let Ok(path) = include_path.canonicalize() {
+                                let include_file = path.to_str().unwrap().to_string();
+                                
+                                if let Ok(str) = std::fs::read_to_string(&include_file) {
+                                    specs.embedded_files.push((token_idx, str, include_file));
+                                } else {
+                                    crate::message(MessageType::Warning, format!("Unable to read embedded file: {include_file}"));
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                         return;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index be992cc..805d3ac 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn compile(settings: &Settings) -> Option<(Vec<Func>, Vec<Declr>, Vec<BuiltinFun
 
         let mut diagnostics = Diagnostics::new(&settings);
         diagnostics.add_source_origin(code, src.path());
-        
+
         if let Ok(mut tokens) = tokenize(code, &mut diagnostics) {
             let specs = crate::direct::resolve_directives(&mut tokens, src.path());