diff --git a/lib/readfile.js b/lib/readfile.js
index 98a63e7..be862fa 100644
--- a/lib/readfile.js
+++ b/lib/readfile.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ module.exports = function(file) {
 
     // JS / JSON / CoffeeScript
     if (ext.match(/json|js|coffee|ls/)) {
+        if (!path.isAbsolute(file)) {
+            file = path.join(process.cwd(), file)
+        }
         return require(file);
     }