diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 3d4192c6b..ce0c99fc1 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ func Convert(opt kobject.ConvertOptions) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	komposeObject.Namespace = opt.Namespace
 
 	// Get the directory of the compose file
-	composeFileDir, err := transformer.GetComposeFileDir(opt.InputFiles)
+	workDir, err := transformer.GetComposeFileDir(opt.InputFiles)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf(err.Error())
+		log.Fatalf("Unable to get compose file directory: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	// convert env_file from absolute to relative path
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func Convert(opt kobject.ConvertOptions) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			relPath, err := filepath.Rel(composeFileDir, envFile)
+			relPath, err := filepath.Rel(workDir, envFile)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf(err.Error())
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 5e1a35203..bccc6c811 100644
--- a/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/transformer/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -220,7 +220,10 @@ func (k *Kubernetes) InitSvc(name string, service kobject.ServiceConfig) *api.Se
 
 // InitConfigMapForEnv initializes a ConfigMap object
 func (k *Kubernetes) InitConfigMapForEnv(name string, opt kobject.ConvertOptions, envFile string) *api.ConfigMap {
-	workDir := filepath.Dir(opt.InputFiles[0])
+	workDir, err := transformer.GetComposeFileDir(opt.InputFiles)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Unable to get compose file directory: %s", err)
+	}
 	envs, err := GetEnvsFromFile(filepath.Join(workDir, envFile))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Unable to retrieve env file: %s", err)
@@ -1104,7 +1107,10 @@ func ConfigEnvs(service kobject.ServiceConfig, opt kobject.ConvertOptions) ([]ap
 			envName := FormatEnvName(file)
 
 			// Load environment variables from file
-			workDir := filepath.Dir(opt.InputFiles[0])
+			workDir, err := transformer.GetComposeFileDir(opt.InputFiles)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("Unable to get compose file directory: %s", err)
+			}
 			envLoad, err := GetEnvsFromFile(filepath.Join(workDir, file))
 			if err != nil {
 				return envs, errors.Wrap(err, "Unable to read env_file")