diff --git a/.reuse/dep5 b/.reuse/dep5
index 7197762..637b282 100644
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ b/.reuse/dep5
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ License: Unlicense
 Files: tests/configs/github-config.yaml
 Copyright: 2019-2021 Serokell <https://serokell.io>
 License: Unlicense
+
+Files: tests/golden/**/*.gold
+Copyright: 2022 Serokell <https://serokell.io>
+License: Unlicense
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 08ade5d..60723db 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Unreleased
   + Add support for the `id` attribute in anchors.
 * [#116](https://github.com/serokell/xrefcheck/pull/116)
   + Allow certain reserved characters to be present in the query strings of the URLs.
+* [#130](https://github.com/serokell/xrefcheck/pull/130)
+  + Fixed bug with ignoring checks for relative anchors.
 
 0.2.1
 ==========
diff --git a/src/Xrefcheck/Verify.hs b/src/Xrefcheck/Verify.hs
index 9ff13ed..0e97d1e 100644
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Verify.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Verify.hs
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ verifyReference
         then case locType of
           LocalLoc    -> checkRef rAnchor fileWithReference
           RelativeLoc -> checkRef rAnchor
-                        (takeDirectory fileWithReference
+                        (normalise $ takeDirectory fileWithReference
                           </> toString (canonizeLocalRef rLink))
           AbsoluteLoc -> checkRef rAnchor (root <> toString rLink)
           ExternalLoc -> checkExternalResource config rLink
diff --git a/tests/golden/check-anchors/check-anchors.bats b/tests/golden/check-anchors/check-anchors.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a2a82c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/check-anchors/check-anchors.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Serokell <https://serokell.io>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
+load '../helpers/bats-support/load'
+load '../helpers/bats-assert/load'
+load '../helpers'
+
+
+@test "Relative anchor, check error report" {
+  xrefcheck | prepare > /tmp/check-anchors.test || true
+
+  diff /tmp/check-anchors.test expected.gold \
+    --ignore-space-change \
+    --ignore-blank-lines \
+    --new-file # treat absent files as empty
+
+  rm /tmp/check-anchors.test
+}
diff --git a/tests/golden/check-anchors/check-relative-anchor.md b/tests/golden/check-anchors/check-relative-anchor.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7845524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/check-anchors/check-relative-anchor.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<!--
+ - SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Serokell <https://serokell.io>
+ -
+ - SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ -->
+
+[no-anchor](no-anchor.md#invalid-anchor)
diff --git a/tests/golden/check-anchors/expected.gold b/tests/golden/check-anchors/expected.gold
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29cde14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/check-anchors/expected.gold
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+=== Invalid references found ===
+
+       ➥  In file check-relative-anchor.md
+          bad reference (relative) at src:7:1-40:
+            - text: "no-anchor"
+            - link: no-anchor.md
+            - anchor: invalid-anchor
+
+          ⛀  Anchor 'invalid-anchor' is not present
+
+
+Invalid references dumped, 1 in total.
diff --git a/tests/golden/check-anchors/no-anchor.md b/tests/golden/check-anchors/no-anchor.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b05b4ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/golden/check-anchors/no-anchor.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<!--
+ - SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Serokell <https://serokell.io>
+ -
+ - SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ -->
+
+ # File with no anchors
diff --git a/tests/golden/check-cli/expected.gold.license b/tests/golden/check-cli/expected.gold.license
deleted file mode 100644
index ce507bb..0000000
--- a/tests/golden/check-cli/expected.gold.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Serokell <https://serokell.io>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
diff --git a/tests/golden/check-localhost/expected.gold.license b/tests/golden/check-localhost/expected.gold.license
deleted file mode 100644
index b2fc740..0000000
--- a/tests/golden/check-localhost/expected.gold.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Serokell <https://serokell.io>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense