diff --git a/views/helpers/functions.js b/views/helpers/functions.js
index 989dcf9f..7cf21a69 100644
--- a/views/helpers/functions.js
+++ b/views/helpers/functions.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const shouldOmitLinkOnLastBreadcrumb = ({paths, index}) => (index == paths.lengt
 
 const resolveReadmeFile = ({directory}) => {
   const resolveFile = (file) => {
-    const pathToFile = path.join(process.cwd(), "..", directory, file)
+    const pathToFile = path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", directory, file);
     return fs.existsSync(pathToFile) ? pathToFile : "";
   };
   return (
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const resolveReadmeFile = ({directory}) => {
     resolveFile("README.txt") ||
     resolveFile("README") ||
     resolveFile("README.html") ||
-    ""
+    undefined
   );
 };
 const directoryContainsReadme = ({directory}) => resolveReadmeFile({directory});