diff --git a/src/ditamap/ditamap.ts b/src/ditamap/ditamap.ts
index 770caa76..80eba5a5 100644
--- a/src/ditamap/ditamap.ts
+++ b/src/ditamap/ditamap.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ registerHelper('isCodeBlock', function(this: any, val, options) {
 registerHelper('nextVersion', value => parseInt(value, 2) + 1);
 
 export abstract class Ditamap {
-  public static templatesDir = 'templates';
+  public static templatesDir = join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'templates');
 
   public static outputDir: string;
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export abstract class Ditamap {
   private source: string;
 
   constructor(private filename: string, protected data: JsonMap) {
-    this.source = join(__dirname, '..', '..', Ditamap.templatesDir, this.getTemplateFileName());
+    (this.source = Ditamap.templatesDir), this.getTemplateFileName();
     this.destination = join(Ditamap.outputDir, filename);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/docs.ts b/src/docs.ts
index f1145c68..d28add55 100644
--- a/src/docs.ts
+++ b/src/docs.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   JsonMap
 } from '@salesforce/ts-types';
 import * as chalk from 'chalk';
+import { join } from 'path';
 import { BaseDitamap } from './ditamap/base-ditamap';
 import { CLIReference } from './ditamap/cli-reference';
 import { CLIReferenceTopic } from './ditamap/cli-reference-topic';
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ import { SubTopicDitamap } from './ditamap/subtopic-ditamap';
 import { TopicDitamap } from './ditamap/topic-ditamap';
 import { copyStaticFile, events } from './utils';
 
-const templatesDir = 'templates';
+const templatesDir = join(__dirname, '..', 'templates');
 
 export class Docs {
   public constructor(