diff --git a/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/GsonOutputBuilder.java b/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/GsonOutputBuilder.java
index 10354bbe..6b2ca89a 100644
--- a/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/GsonOutputBuilder.java
+++ b/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/GsonOutputBuilder.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.sakuli.services.forwarder.json.serializer.DateTimeSerializer;
 import org.sakuli.services.forwarder.json.serializer.PathSerializer;
 import org.sakuli.services.forwarder.json.serializer.ThrowableSerializer;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@
 @Component
 public class GsonOutputBuilder extends AbstractOutputBuilder {
 
+    @Autowired
+    private JsonProperties jsonProperties;
+
     /**
      * Converts the current test suite object to a json string.
      *
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ public String createOutput() throws SakuliForwarderException {
                     .setExclusionStrategies(new GsonExclusionStrategy())
                     .registerTypeAdapter(Date.class, new DateSerializer())
                     .registerTypeAdapter(DateTime.class, new DateTimeSerializer())
-                    .registerTypeAdapter(Path.class, new PathSerializer())
+                    .registerTypeAdapter(Path.class, new PathSerializer(jsonProperties.getOutputJsonDir()))
                     .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(Throwable.class, new ThrowableSerializer())
                     .serializeNulls()
                     .create();
diff --git a/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/JsonProperties.java b/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/JsonProperties.java
index 313db818..97e068c7 100644
--- a/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/JsonProperties.java
+++ b/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/JsonProperties.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
 /**
  * Created by georgi on 27/09/17.
  */
@@ -32,8 +35,8 @@ public class JsonProperties {
     @Value("${" + OUTPUT_DIR + "}")
     private String outputJsonDir;
 
-    public String getOutputJsonDir() {
-        return outputJsonDir;
+    public Path getOutputJsonDir() {
+        return Paths.get(outputJsonDir);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/JsonResultServiceImpl.java b/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/JsonResultServiceImpl.java
index dc508fe5..e16d0d05 100644
--- a/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/JsonResultServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/JsonResultServiceImpl.java
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -69,25 +67,22 @@ public void saveAllResults() {
     }
 
     protected Path createJsonFilePath() throws SakuliForwarderException {
-        String outputDirAsString = jsonProperties.getOutputJsonDir();
-        createDirectoryIfNotExists(outputDirAsString);
-        String fileName = new StringBuilder()
-                .append(testSuite.getId())
-                .append("_")
-                .append(JSON_FILE_DATE_FORMAT.format(new Date()))
-                .append(".json")
-                .toString();
-        return Paths.get(outputDirAsString + File.separator + fileName);
+        Path outputDir = jsonProperties.getOutputJsonDir();
+        createDirectoryIfNotExists(outputDir);
+        String fileName = testSuite.getId() +
+                "_" +
+                JSON_FILE_DATE_FORMAT.format(new Date()) +
+                ".json";
+        return outputDir.resolve(fileName);
     }
 
-    protected void createDirectoryIfNotExists(String outputDirAsString) throws SakuliForwarderException {
-        Path outputDir = Paths.get(outputDirAsString);
+    protected void createDirectoryIfNotExists(Path outputDir) throws SakuliForwarderException {
         if (!Files.exists(outputDir)) {
             try {
                 Files.createDirectories(outputDir);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new SakuliForwarderException(e,
-                        String.format("Unexpected error during creating the json output directory '%s'", outputDirAsString));
+                        String.format("Unexpected error during creating the json output directory '%s'", outputDir.toString()));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/serializer/PathSerializer.java b/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/serializer/PathSerializer.java
index cfb49626..6e4454f4 100644
--- a/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/serializer/PathSerializer.java
+++ b/src/core/src/main/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/serializer/PathSerializer.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -31,8 +33,22 @@
  * Created by georgi on 27/09/17.
  */
 public final class PathSerializer implements JsonSerializer<Path> {
+    private final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PathSerializer.class);
+    private final Path basePath;
+
+    public PathSerializer(Path basePath) {
+        this.basePath = basePath.toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+        LOGGER.debug("PathSerializer base path: {}", this.basePath);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public JsonElement serialize(final Path src, final Type typeOfSrc, final JsonSerializationContext context) {
-        return new JsonPrimitive(src == null ? StringUtils.EMPTY : src.toAbsolutePath().normalize().toString());
+        if (src == null) {
+            return new JsonPrimitive(StringUtils.EMPTY);
+        }
+        final Path normalized = src.toAbsolutePath().normalize();
+        Path relativePath = basePath.relativize(normalized);
+        LOGGER.debug("Relativized Path: '{}' => '{}'", normalized, relativePath);
+        return new JsonPrimitive(relativePath.toString());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/src/test/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/serializer/PathSerializerTest.java b/src/core/src/test/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/serializer/PathSerializerTest.java
index e8364c41..a8496270 100644
--- a/src/core/src/test/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/serializer/PathSerializerTest.java
+++ b/src/core/src/test/java/org/sakuli/services/forwarder/json/serializer/PathSerializerTest.java
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@
  */
 public class PathSerializerTest {
 
-    PathSerializer testling = new PathSerializer();
+    PathSerializer testling = new PathSerializer(Paths.get(".").resolve("baseFolder"));
 
     @DataProvider
     public Object[][] serializeDP() {
         return new Object[][]{
                 {null, ""},
-                {Paths.get("testPath"), Paths.get("testPath").toAbsolutePath().normalize().toString()},
-                {Paths.get("testPath/sub"), Paths.get("testPath").resolve("sub").toAbsolutePath().normalize().toString()},
-                {Paths.get("testPath" + File.separator + "sub"), Paths.get("testPath").resolve("sub").toAbsolutePath().normalize().toString()},
+                {Paths.get("./testPath"), ".." + File.separator + "testPath"},
+                {Paths.get("./testPath/sub"), ".." + File.separator + "testPath" + File.separator + "sub"},
+                {Paths.get("." + File.separator + "testPath" + File.separator + "sub"), ".." + File.separator + "testPath" + File.separator + "sub"},
         };
     }