diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 09cba33..62087a1 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -11,16 +11,12 @@ CWD = pathlib.Path(os.getcwd())
 BASE_DIR = pathlib.Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 TEMPLATE_FILE = BASE_DIR / 'main.tex'
 OUTPUT_FILE = CWD / 'output.pdf'
-CONTEXT_FILE = CWD / 'context.yaml'
 WORDCOUNT_TEMPLATE = BASE_DIR / 'wordcount.yaml'
 
 
 def build(input_file, additional_args=None):
     build_args = ['pandoc', str(input_file)]
 
-    if CONTEXT_FILE.exists():
-        build_args.append(str(CONTEXT_FILE))
-
     if additional_args is not None:
         build_args.extend(additional_args)
 
@@ -60,8 +56,13 @@ def parse_args():
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     args = parse_args()
     input_file = args.input.resolve()
+    operating_dir = input_file.parents[0]
+    context_file = operating_dir.joinpath('context.yaml')
     if not input_file.is_file():
         raise ValueError("Failed to find {}".format(input_file))
-    build(input_file)
-    wordcount_metadata_file = write_wordcount()
-    build(input_file, [str(wordcount_metadata_file)])
+    additional_args = []
+    if context_file.exists():
+        additional_args.append(str(context_file))
+    build(input_file, additional_args)
+    additional_args.append(write_wordcount())
+    build(input_file,additional_args)