diff --git a/src/Config/RootConfig.php b/src/Config/RootConfig.php
index 3a512c5..921e5ff 100644
--- a/src/Config/RootConfig.php
+++ b/src/Config/RootConfig.php
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ protected function setOverride($key, $val)
         $key = ltrim($key, '-');
 
         if ($key === 'template') {
-            $this->template = $this->fixPath($val);
+            $this->template = $val;
             return;
         }
 
         if ($key === 'target') {
-            $this->setTarget($val);
+            $this->target = rtrim($val, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+            return;
         }
     }
 
@@ -57,11 +58,7 @@ protected function initTarget()
             throw new Exception("No target set in '{$this->file}'.");
         }
 
-        $this->setTarget($this->json->target);
-    }
-
-    protected function setTarget($target)
-    {
+        $target = $this->json->target;
         $target = rtrim($this->fixPath($target), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
         $this->target = $target . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
     }
diff --git a/tests/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php b/tests/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php
index 1d6022a..5a46426 100644
--- a/tests/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ public function testNewRootConfig()
     public function testNewRootConfigOverrides()
     {
         $overrides = array(
-            'template' => md5(uniqid()),
-            'target' => md5(uniqid()),
+            'template' => "../../" . md5(uniqid()),
+            'target' => "../../" . md5(uniqid()),
         );
 
         $this->factory->setRootConfigOverrides($overrides);
         $config = $this->factory->newRootConfig($this->file, $this->data);
         $this->assertInstanceOf('Bookdown\Bookdown\Config\RootConfig', $config);
-        $this->assertSame("/path/to/{$overrides['template']}", $config->getTemplate());
-        $this->assertSame("/path/to/{$overrides['target']}/", $config->getTarget());
+        $this->assertSame("{$overrides['template']}", $config->getTemplate());
+        $this->assertSame("{$overrides['target']}/", $config->getTarget());
     }
 }