diff --git a/integration/get_test.go b/integration/get_test.go
index 3a7190a..c0a3a47 100644
--- a/integration/get_test.go
+++ b/integration/get_test.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestGetContent(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, getSize(resp.Body) > 100)
 	assert.Len(t, resp.Header.Get("ETag"), 44)
 
-	// TODO: test get of non cachable content (content size > fileCacheSizeLimit)
+	// TODO: test get of non cacheable content (content size > fileCacheSizeLimit)
 }
 
 func TestCustomDomain(t *testing.T) {
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ func TestGetNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFollowSymlink(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Printf("=== TestFollowSymlink ===\n")
 
+	// file symlink
 	resp, err := getTestHTTPSClient().Get("https://cb_pages_tests.localhost.mock.directory:4430/tests_for_pages-server/@main/link")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	if !assert.NotNil(t, resp) {
@@ -165,6 +166,16 @@ func TestFollowSymlink(t *testing.T) {
 	body := getBytes(resp.Body)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 4, len(body))
 	assert.EqualValues(t, "abc\n", string(body))
+
+	// relative file links (../index.html file in this case)
+	resp, err = getTestHTTPSClient().Get("https://cb_pages_tests.localhost.mock.directory:4430/tests_for_pages-server/@main/dir_aim/some/")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	if !assert.NotNil(t, resp) {
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	assert.EqualValues(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "text/html; charset=utf-8", resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "an index\n", string(getBytes(resp.Body)))
 }
 
 func TestLFSSupport(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/integration/main_test.go b/integration/main_test.go
index a397110..6566f78 100644
--- a/integration/main_test.go
+++ b/integration/main_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		serverCancel()
-		log.Println("=== TestMain: Server STOPED ===")
+		log.Println("=== TestMain: Server STOPPED ===")
 	}()
 
 	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
diff --git a/server/certificates/acme_client.go b/server/certificates/acme_client.go
index 7737396..ba83e50 100644
--- a/server/certificates/acme_client.go
+++ b/server/certificates/acme_client.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func NewAcmeClient(acmeAccountConf, acmeAPI, acmeMail, acmeEabHmac, acmeEabKID,
 		acmeClientRequestLimit: equalizer.NewTokenBucket(5, 1*time.Second),
 		// rate limit is 5 / hour https://letsencrypt.org/docs/failed-validation-limit/
 		acmeClientFailLimit: equalizer.NewTokenBucket(5, 1*time.Hour),
-		// checkUserLimit() use this to rate als per user
+		// checkUserLimit() use this to rate also per user
 		acmeClientCertificateLimitPerUser: map[string]*equalizer.TokenBucket{},
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/server/database/xorm.go b/server/database/xorm.go
index 4b43cbb..fb1dc17 100644
--- a/server/database/xorm.go
+++ b/server/database/xorm.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func NewXormDB(dbType, dbConn string) (CertDB, error) {
 	}
 
 	if err := e.Sync2(new(Cert)); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cound not sync db model :%w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not sync db model :%w", err)
 	}
 
 	return &xDB{
diff --git a/server/gitea/client.go b/server/gitea/client.go
index 51647ba..7a2bf63 100644
--- a/server/gitea/client.go
+++ b/server/gitea/client.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (client *Client) ServeRawContent(targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, resource str
 	if cache, ok := client.responseCache.Get(cacheKey); ok {
 		cache := cache.(FileResponse)
 		cachedHeader, cachedStatusCode := cache.createHttpResponse(cacheKey)
-		// TODO: check against some timestamp missmatch?!?
+		// TODO: check against some timestamp mismatch?!?
 		if cache.Exists {
 			if cache.IsSymlink {
 				linkDest := string(cache.Body)
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ func (client *Client) ServeRawContent(targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, resource str
 					}
 					linkDest := strings.TrimSpace(string(linkDestBytes))
 
+					// handle relative links
+					// we first remove the link from the path, and make a relative join (resolve parent paths like "/../" too)
+					linkDest = path.Join(path.Dir(resource), linkDest)
+
 					// we store symlink not content to reduce duplicates in cache
 					if err := client.responseCache.Set(cacheKey, FileResponse{
 						Exists:    true,