diff --git a/lua/cosmic/pluginsInit.lua b/lua/cosmic/pluginsInit.lua
index bc2eca8..4578675 100644
--- a/lua/cosmic/pluginsInit.lua
+++ b/lua/cosmic/pluginsInit.lua
@@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ return packer.startup(function()
     end,
   })
 
+  use({ 'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim' })
+
+  use({ -- color scheme
+    'folke/tokyonight.nvim',
+    config = function()
+      vim.g.tokyonight_style = 'night'
+      vim.g.tokyonight_sidebars = { 'qf', 'packer' }
+      vim.cmd('color tokyonight')
+    end,
+    disable = vim.tbl_contains(user_plugins.disable, 'theme'),
+  })
+
+  use({ -- icons
+    'kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons',
+    after = 'tokyonight.nvim',
+  })
+
   use({
     'rcarriga/nvim-notify',
     config = function()
@@ -56,21 +73,6 @@ return packer.startup(function()
     disable = vim.tbl_contains(user_plugins.disable, 'notify'),
   })
 
-  use({ -- color scheme
-    'folke/tokyonight.nvim',
-    config = function()
-      vim.g.tokyonight_style = 'night'
-      vim.g.tokyonight_sidebars = { 'qf', 'packer' }
-      vim.cmd('color tokyonight')
-    end,
-    disable = vim.tbl_contains(user_plugins.disable, 'theme'),
-  })
-
-  use({ -- icons
-    'kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons',
-    after = 'tokyonight.nvim',
-  })
-
   -- theme stuff
   use({ -- statusline
     'NTBBloodbath/galaxyline.nvim',
diff --git a/lua/cosmic/utils.lua b/lua/cosmic/utils.lua
index 6e42096..5279b49 100644
--- a/lua/cosmic/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/cosmic/utils.lua
@@ -28,23 +28,12 @@ function M.highlight(group, bg, fg, gui)
   end
 end
 
-function M.get_relative_path(path)
-  local split_path = M.split(path, '/')
-  local split_cwd = M.split(vim.fn.getcwd(), '/')
-  local curr_dir = split_cwd[#split_cwd]
-  local nice_path = ''
-
-  local ok = false
-  for _, dir in ipairs(split_path) do
-    if dir == curr_dir then
-      ok = true
-    end
-    if ok then
-      nice_path = nice_path .. '/' .. dir
-    end
-  end
-
-  return '.' .. nice_path
+function M.get_relative_path(file_path)
+  local plenary_path = require('plenary.path')
+  local parsed_path, _ = file_path:gsub('file://', '')
+  local path = plenary_path:new(parsed_path)
+  local relative_path = path:make_relative(vim.fn.getcwd())
+  return './' .. relative_path
 end
 
 return M