diff --git a/nbdev/export2html.py b/nbdev/export2html.py
index 01d127cd0..e5bdfeba2 100644
--- a/nbdev/export2html.py
+++ b/nbdev/export2html.py
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def notebook2html(fname=None, force_all=False, n_workers=None, cls=HTMLExporter,
     "Convert all notebooks matching `fname` to html files"
     if fname is None:
         files = [f for f in Config().nbs_path.glob('*.ipynb') if not f.name.startswith('_')]
-    else: files = glob.glob(fname)
+    else: files = list(p.parent.glob(p.name))
     if len(files)==1:
         force_all = True
         if n_workers is None: n_workers=0
diff --git a/nbs/03_export2html.ipynb b/nbs/03_export2html.ipynb
index d2ae4b927..00047e6f3 100644
--- a/nbs/03_export2html.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/03_export2html.ipynb
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@
     "    \"Convert all notebooks matching `fname` to html files\"\n",
     "    if fname is None: \n",
     "        files = [f for f in Config().nbs_path.glob('*.ipynb') if not f.name.startswith('_')]\n",
-    "    else: files = glob.glob(fname)\n",
+    "    else: files = list(p.parent.glob(p.name))\n",
     "    if len(files)==1:\n",
     "        force_all = True\n",
     "        if n_workers is None: n_workers=0\n",