diff --git a/src/classes/Obey/Front/InputResolver.php b/src/classes/Obey/Front/InputResolver.php
index c6b3422..ad277c5 100644
--- a/src/classes/Obey/Front/InputResolver.php
+++ b/src/classes/Obey/Front/InputResolver.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class InputResolver
 
     public function resolve(Unit $unit)
     {
-        $inputPattern = Path::cat($this->getRootDir(), $unit->getGroup()->getInputPattern());
+        $inputPattern = Path::norm(Path::cat(getcwd(), $this->getRootDir(), $unit->getGroup()->getInputPattern()));
         $inputFile = str_replace('*', $unit->getName(), $inputPattern);
         $unit->setInputFile($inputFile);
     }
diff --git a/src/classes/Obey/Front/OutputResolver.php b/src/classes/Obey/Front/OutputResolver.php
index 32ebaa5..876070d 100644
--- a/src/classes/Obey/Front/OutputResolver.php
+++ b/src/classes/Obey/Front/OutputResolver.php
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ class OutputResolver
 
     public function resolve(Unit $unit)
     {
-        $outputPattern = Path::cat(
+        $outputPattern = PAth::norm(Path::cat(
+            getcwd(),
             $this->getOutputDir(),
             $unit->getGroup()->getSubDir(),
             $this->getOutputNameTemplate()
-        );
+        ));
         $outputFile = str_replace('{}', $unit->getName(), $outputPattern);
         $unit->setOutputFile($outputFile);
     }
diff --git a/src/classes/Obey/PathHelper.php b/src/classes/Obey/PathHelper.php
index 276d3f6..245edbf 100644
--- a/src/classes/Obey/PathHelper.php
+++ b/src/classes/Obey/PathHelper.php
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ public static function cat(?string ...$fragments) : string
     {
         $nonNullFragments = array_filter($fragments,fn($v) => null!==$v);
         if (0===count($nonNullFragments)) return ".";
+        $absoluteTail = [];
+        foreach($nonNullFragments as $fragment) {
+            if (self::isAbsolute($fragment)) $absoluteTail=[$fragment];
+            else $absoluteTail[] = $fragment;
+        }
         $explodedFragments = [
-            self::split($nonNullFragments[0]),
-            ...array_map(fn($fragment) => self::split($fragment,false), array_slice($nonNullFragments,1))
+            self::split($absoluteTail[0]),
+            ...array_map(fn($fragment) => self::split($fragment,false), array_slice($absoluteTail,1))
         ];
         $segments = array_merge(...$explodedFragments);
         if (!count($segments)) return ".";