diff --git a/lib/spec.js b/lib/spec.js
index 9a2de0b..b249ee3 100644
--- a/lib/spec.js
+++ b/lib/spec.js
@@ -805,11 +805,11 @@ export default class Spec {
                     path = '#';
                 }
                 try {
-                    const schema = await $RefParser.dereference(filename);
+                    const schemaRelativePath = this.suite.resolveFile(filename);
+                    const schema = await $RefParser.dereference(schemaRelativePath);
                     const $refs = await $RefParser.resolve(schema);
                     expectedSchema = $refs.get(path);
                 } catch (e) {
-                    console.error(e);
                     throw new ResponseJSONSchemaValidationError(`${e.name} occurred while parsing the input schema in '${jsonSchemaInfo['$ref']}' \n ${e.message}`);
                 }
             } else {