diff --git a/cognee/modules/data/extraction/knowledge_graph/extract_content_graph.py b/cognee/modules/data/extraction/knowledge_graph/extract_content_graph.py
index 20bd4db4a..f477a4b72 100644
--- a/cognee/modules/data/extraction/knowledge_graph/extract_content_graph.py
+++ b/cognee/modules/data/extraction/knowledge_graph/extract_content_graph.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Type, Optional
+import os
+from typing import Type
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from cognee.infrastructure.llm.get_llm_client import get_llm_client
 from cognee.infrastructure.llm.prompts import render_prompt
@@ -10,7 +11,18 @@ async def extract_content_graph(content: str, response_model: Type[BaseModel]):
     llm_config = get_llm_config()
 
     prompt_path = llm_config.graph_prompt_path
-    system_prompt = render_prompt(prompt_path, {})
+
+    # Check if the prompt path is an absolute path or just a filename
+    if os.path.isabs(prompt_path):
+        # directory containing the file
+        base_directory = os.path.dirname(prompt_path)
+        # just the filename itself
+        prompt_path = os.path.basename(prompt_path)
+    else:
+        base_directory = None
+
+    system_prompt = render_prompt(prompt_path, {}, base_directory=base_directory)
+
     content_graph = await llm_client.acreate_structured_output(
         content, system_prompt, response_model
     )