diff --git a/extensions/liquibase-mongodb/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/liquibase/mongodb/LiquibaseMongodbFactory.java b/extensions/liquibase-mongodb/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/liquibase/mongodb/LiquibaseMongodbFactory.java
index ef8819d730185..0286f923a9614 100644
--- a/extensions/liquibase-mongodb/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/liquibase/mongodb/LiquibaseMongodbFactory.java
+++ b/extensions/liquibase-mongodb/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/liquibase/mongodb/LiquibaseMongodbFactory.java
@@ -40,21 +40,24 @@ public LiquibaseMongodbFactory(LiquibaseMongodbConfig config,
 
     private ResourceAccessor resolveResourceAccessor() throws FileNotFoundException {
 
-        if (liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.changeLog.startsWith("classpath:")) {
-            return new ClassLoaderResourceAccessor(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
-        }
-
-        if (!liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.changeLog.startsWith("filesystem:") &&
-                liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.searchPath.size() == 1 &&
-                liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.searchPath.get(0).equals("/")) {
-            return new ClassLoaderResourceAccessor(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
-        }
-
         CompositeResourceAccessor compositeResourceAccessor = new CompositeResourceAccessor();
         compositeResourceAccessor
                 .addResourceAccessor(new ClassLoaderResourceAccessor(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()));
 
-        for (String searchPath : liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.searchPath) {
+        if (!liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.changeLog.startsWith("filesystem:")
+                && liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.searchPath.isEmpty()) {
+            return compositeResourceAccessor;
+        }
+
+        if (liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.searchPath.isEmpty()) {
+            compositeResourceAccessor.addResourceAccessor(
+                    new DirectoryResourceAccessor(
+                            Paths.get(StringUtil.changePrefix(liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.changeLog, "filesystem:", ""))
+                                    .getParent()));
+            return compositeResourceAccessor;
+        }
+
+        for (String searchPath : liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.searchPath.get()) {
             compositeResourceAccessor.addResourceAccessor(new DirectoryResourceAccessor(Paths.get(searchPath)));
         }
 
@@ -62,6 +65,11 @@ private ResourceAccessor resolveResourceAccessor() throws FileNotFoundException
     }
 
     private String parseChangeLog(String changeLog) {
+
+        if (changeLog.startsWith("filesystem:") && liquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.searchPath.isEmpty()) {
+            return Paths.get(StringUtil.changePrefix(changeLog, "filesystem:", "")).getFileName().toString();
+        }
+
         if (changeLog.startsWith("filesystem:")) {
             return StringUtil.changePrefix(changeLog, "filesystem:", "");
         }
diff --git a/extensions/liquibase-mongodb/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/liquibase/mongodb/runtime/LiquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.java b/extensions/liquibase-mongodb/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/liquibase/mongodb/runtime/LiquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.java
index 9267af734848b..a06832603b4af 100644
--- a/extensions/liquibase-mongodb/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/liquibase/mongodb/runtime/LiquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/liquibase-mongodb/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/liquibase/mongodb/runtime/LiquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.liquibase.mongodb.runtime;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigItem;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigPhase;
@@ -21,6 +22,6 @@ public class LiquibaseMongodbBuildTimeConfig {
     /**
      * The search path for DirectoryResourceAccessor
      */
-    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "/")
-    public List<String> searchPath;
+    @ConfigItem
+    public Optional<List<String>> searchPath;
 }