diff --git a/pkg/scanner/scan.go b/pkg/scanner/scan.go
index e2700b1..4129a17 100644
--- a/pkg/scanner/scan.go
+++ b/pkg/scanner/scan.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func New(workingDirectory string, cfg *config.Config) (*Scan, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func scanForTodos(l *logrus.Entry, filename string, tags []string) ([]ScanResult, error) {
+func scanForTodos(l *logrus.Entry, filename string, tags []string, workingDirectory string) ([]ScanResult, error) {
 	l.Debug("Scan starting")
 
 	f, err := os.Open(filename)
@@ -73,8 +73,13 @@ func scanForTodos(l *logrus.Entry, filename string, tags []string) ([]ScanResult
 			author := strings.TrimSpace(matches[3])
 			msg := strings.TrimSpace(matches[5])
 
+			// Remove working directory
+			cleanFilename := strings.TrimPrefix(filename, workingDirectory)
+			// Remove prefixed slash (may or may not be in working directory)
+			cleanFilename = strings.TrimPrefix(cleanFilename, "/")
+
 			res = append(res, ScanResult{
-				File:       filename,
+				File:       cleanFilename,
 				LineNumber: line,
 				Author:     author,
 				Msg:        msg,
diff --git a/pkg/scanner/types.go b/pkg/scanner/types.go
index 85e2180..e96b761 100644
--- a/pkg/scanner/types.go
+++ b/pkg/scanner/types.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (s *Scan) scanFilesForTodos(files []string) ([]ScanResult, error) {
 		l := logger.Log().WithField("file", file)
 
 		g.Go(func() error {
-			r, err := scanForTodos(l, file, s.config.Tags)
+			r, err := scanForTodos(l, file, s.config.Tags, s.workingDirectory)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}