diff --git a/src/environment.ts b/src/environment.ts
index 477dedf..37190ff 100644
--- a/src/environment.ts
+++ b/src/environment.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export class Environment {
   }
 
   async load(file: string, from?: string): Promise<Template> {
-    const path = this.options.loader.resolve(from || ".", file);
+    const path = this.options.loader.resolve(from || "", file);
 
     if (!this.cache.has(path)) {
       // Remove query and hash params from path before loading
diff --git a/src/loader.ts b/src/loader.ts
index 8923a24..982b08e 100644
--- a/src/loader.ts
+++ b/src/loader.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export class FileLoader implements Loader {
       return path.join(path.dirname(from), file);
     }
 
+    if (file.startsWith(this.#root)) {
+      return file;
+    }
+
     return path.join(this.#root, file);
   }
 }