diff --git a/src/reskit/level/converter.rs b/src/reskit/level/converter.rs
index c8ea933..85d508b 100644
--- a/src/reskit/level/converter.rs
+++ b/src/reskit/level/converter.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{error::Error, fs::read_to_string};
+use std::{error::Error, fs::read_to_string, path::Path, borrow::Cow};
 use image::{DynamicImage, GenericImageView};
 use roxmltree::Node;
 use crate::reskit::utility::print_warning;
@@ -102,10 +102,11 @@ fn get_layer( layer: Node, map_width: usize, map_height: usize ) -> Result<Optio
     }
 }
 
-fn get_tiles( tileset: Node ) -> Result<TiledTileset, Box<dyn Error>> {
+fn get_tiles( tileset: Node, working_directory: &str ) -> Result<TiledTileset, Box<dyn Error>> {
     // Get the image for the tileset
     let image = tileset.descendants().find( | node | node.tag_name() == "image".into() ).ok_or( "invalid file: no image object" )?;
-    let image = image::open( image.attribute( "source" ).ok_or( "invalid file: no source attribute on image" )? )?;
+    let image_path = format!( "{}/{}", working_directory, image.attribute( "source" ).ok_or( "invalid file: no source attribute on image" )? );
+    let image = image::open( image_path )?;
 
     // Image must be a multiple of 8 (--system md)
     if image.width() % 8 != 0 { return Err( "invalid file: tileset width not multiple of 8" )? }
@@ -141,6 +142,16 @@ fn get_tiles( tileset: Node ) -> Result<TiledTileset, Box<dyn Error>> {
 pub fn get_tiled_tilemap( path: &str ) -> Result<TiledTilemap, Box<dyn Error>> {
     let file = read_to_string( path )?;
     let document = roxmltree::Document::parse( &file )?;
+    let working_directory = {
+        let result = Path::new( path ).parent().unwrap_or( Path::new( "." ) ).to_string_lossy();
+
+        if result == "" {
+            Cow::from( "." )
+        } else {
+            result
+        }
+    };
+    println!( "working directory is {}/", working_directory );
 
     let map = document.descendants().find( | node | node.tag_name() == "map".into() );
     if let Some( map ) = map {
@@ -181,7 +192,7 @@ pub fn get_tiled_tilemap( path: &str ) -> Result<TiledTilemap, Box<dyn Error>> {
         // Build tileset (current version assumes one tileset per level)
         let tileset = map.descendants().find( | node | node.tag_name() == "tileset".into() ).ok_or( "invalid file: no tileset" )?;
         let tileset_source_path = tileset.attribute( "source" ).ok_or( "invalid file: no tileset source" )?;
-        let tileset_file = read_to_string( tileset_source_path )?;
+        let tileset_file = read_to_string( format!( "{}/{}", working_directory, tileset_source_path ) )?;
         let tileset_document = roxmltree::Document::parse( &tileset_file )?;
         let tileset = tileset_document.descendants().find( | node | node.tag_name() == "tileset".into() ).ok_or( "invalid file: no tileset origin object" )?;
 
@@ -195,7 +206,7 @@ pub fn get_tiled_tilemap( path: &str ) -> Result<TiledTilemap, Box<dyn Error>> {
             return Err( "invalid file: referenced tilemap doesn't have same per-tile width and height of parent tilemap" )?
         }
 
-        let tileset = get_tiles( tileset )?;
+        let tileset = get_tiles( tileset, &working_directory )?;
 
         // Get the layers
         let layers: Vec<Layer> = map.descendants()