diff --git a/manuskript/exporter/basic.py b/manuskript/exporter/basic.py
index db50159d..5acbe9e0 100644
--- a/manuskript/exporter/basic.py
+++ b/manuskript/exporter/basic.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import QSettings
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget
 
 from manuskript.models.outlineModel import outlineItem
+from manuskript.functions import mainWindow
 
 
 class basicExporter:
@@ -128,4 +129,8 @@ class basicFormat:
     @classmethod
     def isValid(cls):
         return True
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def projectPath(cls):
+        return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(mainWindow().currentProject))
 
diff --git a/manuskript/exporter/manuskript/HTML.py b/manuskript/exporter/manuskript/HTML.py
index fc423bb7..13cee438 100644
--- a/manuskript/exporter/manuskript/HTML.py
+++ b/manuskript/exporter/manuskript/HTML.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # --!-- coding: utf8 --!--
-from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
+from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QUrl
 from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebView
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QPlainTextEdit, qApp, QTabWidget, QFrame
 
 from manuskript.exporter.manuskript.markdown import markdown, markdownSettings
 from manuskript.ui.exporters.manuskript.plainTextSettings import exporterSettings
+import os
 
 try:
     import markdown as MD
@@ -69,13 +70,14 @@ class HTML(markdown):
 
         md = markdown.output(self, settingsWidget)
         html = MD.markdown(md)
+        path = os.path.join(self.projectPath(), "dummy.html")
 
         self.preparesTextEditView(previewWidget.widget(0), settings["Preview"]["PreviewFont"])
         self.preparesTextEditViewMarkdown(previewWidget.widget(0), settings)
         previewWidget.widget(0).setPlainText(md)
         self.preparesTextEditView(previewWidget.widget(1), settings["Preview"]["PreviewFont"])
         previewWidget.widget(1).setPlainText(html)
-        previewWidget.widget(2).setHtml(html)
+        previewWidget.widget(2).setHtml(html, QUrl.fromLocalFile(path))
 
 
 
diff --git a/manuskript/exporter/pandoc/HTML.py b/manuskript/exporter/pandoc/HTML.py
index 9d245338..2ad4c843 100644
--- a/manuskript/exporter/pandoc/HTML.py
+++ b/manuskript/exporter/pandoc/HTML.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # --!-- coding: utf8 --!--
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import qApp
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl
 
 from manuskript.exporter.manuskript import HTML as MskHTML
 from manuskript.exporter.pandoc.abstractPlainText import abstractPlainText
+import os
 
 
 class HTML(abstractPlainText):
@@ -31,10 +33,11 @@ class HTML(abstractPlainText):
         src = self.src(settingsWidget)
 
         html = self.output(settingsWidget)
-
+        path = os.path.join(self.projectPath(), "dummy.html")
+        
         self.preparesTextEditView(previewWidget.widget(0), settings["Preview"]["PreviewFont"])
         self.preparesTextEditViewMarkdown(previewWidget.widget(0), settings)
         previewWidget.widget(0).setPlainText(src)
         self.preparesTextEditView(previewWidget.widget(1), settings["Preview"]["PreviewFont"])
         previewWidget.widget(1).setPlainText(html)
-        previewWidget.widget(2).setHtml(html)
+        previewWidget.widget(2).setHtml(html, QUrl.fromLocalFile(path))