diff --git a/lib/utils/links.js b/lib/utils/links.js
index e607c9493..9fe61270f 100644
--- a/lib/utils/links.js
+++ b/lib/utils/links.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ var isRelative = function(href) {
     try {
         var parsed = url.parse(href);
 
-        return !parsed.protocol && parsed.path && parsed.path[0] != '/';
+        return !!(!parsed.protocol && parsed.path);// && parsed.path[0] != '/';
     } catch(err) {}
 
     return true;
diff --git a/lib/utils/page.js b/lib/utils/page.js
index 483fdfd16..8cb8eb9ac 100644
--- a/lib/utils/page.js
+++ b/lib/utils/page.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function normalizeHtml(src, options) {
 function convertImages(images, options) {
     return _.reduce(images, function(prev, image) {
         return prev.then(function() {
-            var imgin = links. isExternal(image.source)? image.source : path.resolve(options.book.root, image.source);
+            var imgin = links. isExternal(image.source)? image.source : path.resolve(options.book.options.output, image.source);
             var imgout = path.resolve(options.book.options.output, image.dest);
 
             options.book.log.debug("convert image", image.source, "to", image.dest, "...");
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ function normalizePage(sections, options) {
 
     return Q()
     .then(function() {
+        toConvert = _.uniq(toConvert, 'source');
+
         return convertImages(toConvert, options);
     })
     .thenResolve(sections);