diff --git a/lua/hurl/main.lua b/lua/hurl/main.lua
index 5038b52..70d6f55 100644
--- a/lua/hurl/main.lua
+++ b/lua/hurl/main.lua
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ local function execute_hurl_cmd(opts, callback)
 
   local is_verbose_mode = vim.tbl_contains(opts, '--verbose')
   local is_json_mode = vim.tbl_contains(opts, '--json')
+  local is_file_mode = utils.has_file_in_opts(opts)
+
   if
     not _HURL_GLOBAL_CONFIG.auto_close
     and not is_verbose_mode
@@ -190,6 +192,10 @@ local function execute_hurl_cmd(opts, callback)
 
   -- Include the HTTP headers in the output and do not colorize output.
   local cmd = vim.list_extend({ 'hurl', '-i', '--no-color' }, opts)
+  if is_file_mode then
+    local file_root = _HURL_GLOBAL_CONFIG.file_root or vim.fn.getcwd()
+    vim.list_extend(cmd, { '--file-root', file_root })
+  end
   response = {}
 
   utils.log_info('hurl: running command' .. vim.inspect(cmd))
diff --git a/lua/hurl/utils.lua b/lua/hurl/utils.lua
index 193ab4e..5bcd608 100644
--- a/lua/hurl/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/hurl/utils.lua
@@ -286,5 +286,30 @@ util.find_env_files_in_folders = function()
 
   return env_files
 end
+util.has_file_in_opts = function(opts)
+  if #opts == 0 then
+    vim.notify('No file path provided in opts.', vim.log.levels.DEBUG)
+    return false
+  end
+
+  local file_path = opts[1]
+
+  local file = io.open(file_path, 'r')
+  if not file then
+    print('Error: Failed to open file: ' .. file_path)
+    return false
+  end
+
+  for line in file:lines() do
+    if line:lower():find('file') or line:lower():find('multipart') then
+      file:close() -- Close the file before returning
+      return true -- Return true if any line contains the keyword
+    end
+  end
+
+  file:close()
+
+  return false
+end
 
 return util