diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index faae5581..b0bc055a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
 	github.com/pb33f/doctor v0.0.4
-	github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.15.7
+	github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.15.8
 	github.com/pb33f/libopenapi-validator v0.0.42
 	github.com/pterm/pterm v0.12.78
 	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5 v5.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fc797888..421d028a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0 h1:4ieX6qQjPP/BfC3mpsAtIGGlxTWPeA3Inl/7DtXw1tw=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0/go.mod h1:LY+I3pBVzYsTBU1AnDwOSxaYi9WoWiqgwooUqq9yPro=
 github.com/pb33f/doctor v0.0.4 h1:+JVwBsVwwMR0Um13mODlQ/h/HpFpyNPKieQXk/sEf2c=
 github.com/pb33f/doctor v0.0.4/go.mod h1:yBs5hFHAoo/eeFvKN9sWwmHmgEPJ2SaotYOJc05GdMU=
-github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.15.7 h1:xdXodMBSYUmLYxEH2UxOCaeKrmBQEXO5XSaBbhQ6H3Q=
-github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.15.7/go.mod h1:m+4Pwri31UvcnZjuP8M7TlbR906DXJmMvYsbis234xg=
+github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.15.8 h1:HtUqEbpIdAn3QzwEA5suQpP73FzCY8CkQnF2oLrnTes=
+github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.15.8/go.mod h1:m+4Pwri31UvcnZjuP8M7TlbR906DXJmMvYsbis234xg=
 github.com/pb33f/libopenapi-validator v0.0.42 h1:bfwPWlxUFHtvPNi0PH+EVpQBU2kA3Db9rVdFkfmUVac=
 github.com/pb33f/libopenapi-validator v0.0.42/go.mod h1:kU1JYyXIRlpmsWx3NkL+drNNttLADMgdaNzJgXDhec0=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.1.0 h1:FnwAJ4oYMvbT/34k9zzHuZNrhlz48GB3/s6at6/MHO4=
diff --git a/language-server/server.go b/language-server/server.go
index 682291e9..eca6e7e3 100644
--- a/language-server/server.go
+++ b/language-server/server.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tliron/glsp"
 	protocol "github.com/tliron/glsp/protocol_3_16"
 	glspserv "github.com/tliron/glsp/server"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -109,13 +110,17 @@ func (s *ServerState) runDiagnostic(doc *Document, notify glsp.NotifyFunc, delay
 	go func() {
 		var diagnostics []protocol.Diagnostic
 
+		if s.lintRequest.BaseFlag == "" {
+			s.lintRequest.BaseFlag = filepath.Dir(strings.TrimPrefix(doc.URI, "file://"))
+		}
+
 		result := motor.ApplyRulesToRuleSet(&motor.RuleSetExecution{
 			RuleSet:                      s.lintRequest.SelectedRS,
 			Timeout:                      time.Duration(s.lintRequest.TimeoutFlag) * time.Second,
 			CustomFunctions:              s.lintRequest.Functions,
 			IgnoreCircularArrayRef:       s.lintRequest.IgnoreArrayCircleRef,
 			IgnoreCircularPolymorphicRef: s.lintRequest.IgnorePolymorphCircleRef,
-			AllowLookup:                  s.lintRequest.Remote,
+			AllowLookup:                  true,
 			Base:                         s.lintRequest.BaseFlag,
 			Spec:                         []byte(doc.Content),
 			SkipDocumentCheck:            s.lintRequest.SkipCheckFlag,