diff --git a/shared/src/main/java/com/quorum/tessera/nio/unix/UnixSocketFileSystemProvider.java b/shared/src/main/java/com/quorum/tessera/nio/unix/UnixSocketFileSystemProvider.java
index fbe5a68cb9..b29df8ed7e 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/java/com/quorum/tessera/nio/unix/UnixSocketFileSystemProvider.java
+++ b/shared/src/main/java/com/quorum/tessera/nio/unix/UnixSocketFileSystemProvider.java
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 import java.nio.file.FileSystem;
 import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of FileSystemProvider that handles URIs with unix scheme
@@ -28,13 +31,40 @@ public String getScheme() {
         return "unix";
     }
 
+    private static URI handleRelative(URI uri) {
+        boolean isAbsolute = Pattern.matches("^unix:/.+$", Objects.toString(uri));
+        if(isAbsolute) {
+            return uri;
+        }
+
+        final String value = Objects.toString(uri);
+        if(value.contains("..")) {
+            //Treat double dots as invalid
+            return uri;
+        }
+        final String cwd = Paths.get("").toAbsolutePath().toString();
+        final String adjustedValue;
+        if(Pattern.matches("^unix:\\..+",value)) {
+            adjustedValue = value.replaceFirst("\\.",cwd);
+        } else {
+            adjustedValue = value.replaceFirst("unix:","unix:"+ cwd +"/");
+        }
+        return URI.create(adjustedValue);
+    }
+
     private static URI convert(final URI uri) {
 
+        final URI adjustedUri = handleRelative(uri);
+
         return UriCallback.execute(
             () -> new URI(
                 "file",
-                uri.getUserInfo(), uri.getHost(), uri.getPort(),
-                uri.getPath(), uri.getQuery(), uri.getFragment()
+                adjustedUri.getUserInfo(),
+                adjustedUri.getHost(),
+                adjustedUri.getPort(),
+                adjustedUri.getPath(),
+                adjustedUri.getQuery(),
+                adjustedUri.getFragment()
             )
         );
 
diff --git a/shared/src/test/java/com/quorum/tessera/nio/unix/UnixSocketFileSystemProviderTest.java b/shared/src/test/java/com/quorum/tessera/nio/unix/UnixSocketFileSystemProviderTest.java
index ecd301cdbe..b7dee86272 100644
--- a/shared/src/test/java/com/quorum/tessera/nio/unix/UnixSocketFileSystemProviderTest.java
+++ b/shared/src/test/java/com/quorum/tessera/nio/unix/UnixSocketFileSystemProviderTest.java
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.failBecauseExceptionWasNotThrown;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 public class UnixSocketFileSystemProviderTest {
@@ -74,4 +77,47 @@ public void getPath() {
         verify(delegate).getPath(u);
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    public void getRelativePathUsingDot() {
+
+        URI uri = URI.create("unix:./bogus.ipc");
+
+        provider.getPath(uri);
+
+        Path currentRelativePath = Paths.get("");
+        String s = currentRelativePath.toAbsolutePath().toString();
+
+        URI u = URI.create("file:./bogus.ipc".replaceFirst("\\.",s));
+        verify(delegate).getPath(u);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getRelativePathNotUsingDot() {
+
+        URI uri = URI.create("unix:bogus.ipc");
+
+        provider.getPath(uri);
+
+        Path currentRelativePath = Paths.get("");
+        String s = currentRelativePath.toAbsolutePath().toString();
+
+        URI u = URI.create(String.format("file:%s/bogus.ipc",s));
+        verify(delegate).getPath(u);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getInavlidPathUsingDoubleDots() {
+
+        final URI uri = URI.create("unix:../bogus.ipc");
+        try {
+            provider.getPath(uri);
+            failBecauseExceptionWasNotThrown(UncheckedIOException.class);
+        } catch (UncheckedIOException ex) {
+            assertThat(ex.getCause()).isExactlyInstanceOf(IOException.class);
+            assertThat(ex.getCause().getCause()).isExactlyInstanceOf(URISyntaxException.class);
+        }
+    }
+
+
 }