diff --git a/.linkspector.test.yml b/.linkspector.test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6988365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.linkspector.test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+files:
+  - README.md
+useGitIgnore: true
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a612885..020ed6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -239,3 +239,7 @@ If there are no errors, linkspector shows the following message:
 - [ ] Experimaental mode to gather all links and check them in batches to study performance gains.
 - [ ] Proxy support to connect puppeteer to a remote service.
 - [ ] Puppeteer config support.
+
+## Contributing
+
+If you would like to contribute to Linkspector, please read the [contributing guidelines](/CONTRIBUTING.md).
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diff --git a/index.test.js b/index.test.js
index c5457ae..da8140e 100644
--- a/index.test.js
+++ b/index.test.js
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ test("linkspector should check image links in Markdown file", async () => {
 
   expect(hasErrorLinks).toBe(false);
   expect(results.length).toBe(1);
-  expect(results[0].link).toBe("https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page#/media/File:Praia_do_Ribeiro_do_Cavalo2.jpg");
+  expect(results[0].link).toBe(
+    "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page#/media/File:Praia_do_Ribeiro_do_Cavalo2.jpg"
+  );
   expect(results[0].status).toBe("alive");
 });
 
@@ -76,5 +78,36 @@ test("linkspector should check relative links in Markdown file", async () => {
   expect(results[4].status).toBe("alive");
   expect(results[5].status).toBe("alive");
   expect(results[6].status).toBe("error");
-}
-);
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+});
+
+test("linkspector should check top-level relative links in Markdown file", async () => {
+  let hasErrorLinks = false;
+  let currentFile = ""; // Variable to store the current file name
+  let results = []; // Array to store the results if json is true
+
+  for await (const { file, result } of linkspector(
+    "./.linkspector.test.yml",
+    cmd
+  )) {
+    currentFile = file;
+    for (const linkStatusObj of result) {
+      if (cmd.json) {
+        results.push({
+          file: currentFile,
+          link: linkStatusObj.link,
+          status_code: linkStatusObj.status_code,
+          line_number: linkStatusObj.line_number,
+          position: linkStatusObj.position,
+          status: linkStatusObj.status,
+          error_message: linkStatusObj.error_message,
+        });
+      }
+      if (linkStatusObj.status === "error") {
+        hasErrorLinks = true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  expect(hasErrorLinks).toBe(false);
+  expect(results.length).toBe(4);
+});
diff --git a/lib/check-file-links.js b/lib/check-file-links.js
index f12c1a8..36e21ea 100644
--- a/lib/check-file-links.js
+++ b/lib/check-file-links.js
@@ -10,12 +10,22 @@ function checkFileExistence(link, file) {
 
   try {
     let fileDir = path.dirname(file);
-    let [urlWithoutSection, sectionId] = link.url.split("#");
-    let filePath = path.resolve(fileDir, urlWithoutSection);
+    let urlWithoutSection = link.url;
+    let sectionId = null;
 
-    if (link.url.startsWith("#")) {
-      sectionId = link.url.slice(1);
+    if (link.url.includes("#")) {
+      [urlWithoutSection, sectionId] = link.url.split("#");
+    }
+
+    let filePath;
+
+    if (urlWithoutSection.startsWith("/")) {
+      filePath = path.join(process.cwd(), urlWithoutSection);
+    } else if (urlWithoutSection.startsWith("#") || urlWithoutSection === "") {
+      sectionId = urlWithoutSection.slice(1);
       filePath = file;
+    } else {
+      filePath = path.resolve(fileDir, urlWithoutSection);
     }
 
     if (fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
@@ -68,4 +78,4 @@ function checkFileExistence(link, file) {
   return { statusCode, status, errorMessage };
 }
 
-export { checkFileExistence };
+export { checkFileExistence };
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