diff --git a/javascript/frameworks/cap/lib/advanced_security/javascript/frameworks/cap/CDL.qll b/javascript/frameworks/cap/lib/advanced_security/javascript/frameworks/cap/CDL.qll
index e1cb6407..5582c6c6 100644
--- a/javascript/frameworks/cap/lib/advanced_security/javascript/frameworks/cap/CDL.qll
+++ b/javascript/frameworks/cap/lib/advanced_security/javascript/frameworks/cap/CDL.qll
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ abstract class CdlObject extends JsonObject {
         locValue = this.getPropValue("$location") and
         // The path in the cds.json file is relative to the working directory used when running
         // the cds compile command. In our extractor, that's always the root of the repository,
-        // so we can identify the entry in the `File` table by its relative path.
-        path =
-          any(File f | f.getRelativePath() = locValue.getPropValue("file").getStringValue())
-              .getAbsolutePath() and
+        // so we can identify the sourceLocationPrefix to find the path of the root of the repo
+        // then append the relative path
+        exists(string sourceLocationPrefix |
+          sourceLocationPrefix(sourceLocationPrefix) and
+          path =
+            sourceLocationPrefix.regexpReplaceAll("/$", "") + "/" +
+              locValue.getPropValue("file").getStringValue()
+        ) and
         if
           not exists(locValue.getPropValue("line")) and
           not exists(locValue.getPropValue("col"))