diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 425fe2f..b519326 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -27,9 +28,9 @@ const (
 	CLI_DESCRIPTION = `Run playbooks of SQL scripts in series and parallel on Redshift and Postgres`
 	CLI_VERSION     = "0.4.0"
 
-	SQLROOT_BINARY   = "BINARY"
-	SQLROOT_PLAYBOOK = "PLAYBOOK"
-	SQLROOT_CONSUL   = "CONSUL"
+	SQLROOT_BINARY         = "BINARY"
+	SQLROOT_PLAYBOOK       = "PLAYBOOK"
+	SQLROOT_PLAYBOOK_CHILD = "PLAYBOOK_CHILD"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -86,22 +87,33 @@ func processFlags() Options {
 
 // Resolve the path to our SQL scripts
 func resolveSqlRoot(sqlroot string, playbookPath string, consulAddress string) (string, error) {
-	consulErr := fmt.Errorf("Cannot use %s option with -consul argument", sqlroot)
+	consulErr1 := fmt.Errorf("Cannot use %s option with -consul argument", sqlroot)
+	consulErr2 := fmt.Errorf("Cannot use %s option without -consul argument", sqlroot)
 
 	switch sqlroot {
 	case SQLROOT_BINARY:
 		if consulAddress != "" {
-			return "", consulErr
+			return "", consulErr1
 		}
 		return osext.ExecutableFolder()
 	case SQLROOT_PLAYBOOK:
 		if consulAddress != "" {
-			return "", consulErr
+			return getAbsConsulPath(playbookPath), nil
 		}
 		return filepath.Abs(filepath.Dir(playbookPath))
-	case SQLROOT_CONSUL:
-		return playbookPath, nil
+	case SQLROOT_PLAYBOOK_CHILD:
+		if consulAddress != "" {
+			return playbookPath, nil
+		}
+		return "", consulErr2
 	default:
 		return sqlroot, nil
 	}
 }
+
+// Gets an absolute path for Consul one directory up
+func getAbsConsulPath(path string) string {
+	strSpl := strings.Split(path, "/")
+	trimSpl := strSpl[:len(strSpl)-1]
+	return strings.Join(trimSpl, "/")
+}
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 5762899..5d2a443 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (o *Options) GetFlagSet() *flag.FlagSet {
 	fs.BoolVar(&(o.help), "help", false, "Shows this message")
 	fs.BoolVar(&(o.version), "version", false, "Shows the program version")
 	fs.StringVar(&(o.playbook), "playbook", "", "Playbook of SQL scripts to execute")
-	fs.StringVar(&(o.sqlroot), "sqlroot", SQLROOT_PLAYBOOK, fmt.Sprintf("Absolute path to SQL scripts. Use %s, %s and %s for those respective paths", SQLROOT_PLAYBOOK, SQLROOT_BINARY, SQLROOT_CONSUL))
+	fs.StringVar(&(o.sqlroot), "sqlroot", SQLROOT_PLAYBOOK, fmt.Sprintf("Absolute path to SQL scripts. Use %s, %s and %s for those respective paths", SQLROOT_PLAYBOOK, SQLROOT_BINARY, SQLROOT_PLAYBOOK_CHILD))
 	fs.Var(&(o.variables), "var", "Variables to be passed to the playbook, in the key=value format")
 	fs.StringVar(&(o.fromStep), "fromStep", "", "Starts from a given step defined in your playbook")
 	fs.BoolVar(&(o.dryRun), "dryRun", false, "Runs through a playbook without executing any of the SQL")