diff --git a/inspect4py/cli.py b/inspect4py/cli.py
index ad5a726..166b275 100644
--- a/inspect4py/cli.py
+++ b/inspect4py/cli.py
@@ -1276,7 +1276,6 @@ def main(input_path, output_dir, ignore_dir_pattern, ignore_file_pattern, requir
                 dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if not d.startswith(ignore_d)]
             for ignore_f in ignore_file_pattern:
                 files[:] = [f for f in files if not f.startswith(ignore_f)]
-            # print(files)
             for f in files:
                 if ".py" in f and not f.endswith(".pyc"):
                     try:
@@ -1342,7 +1341,7 @@ def main(input_path, output_dir, ignore_dir_pattern, ignore_file_pattern, requir
             except Exception as e:
                 print("Error when detecting license: %s", str(e))
         if readme:
-            dir_info["readme_files"] = extract_readme(input_path)
+            dir_info["readme_files"] = extract_readme(input_path, output_dir)
         if metadata:
             dir_info["metadata"] = get_github_metadata(input_path)
         json_file = output_dir + "/directory_info.json"
diff --git a/inspect4py/utils.py b/inspect4py/utils.py
index de26e78..82d87d3 100644
--- a/inspect4py/utils.py
+++ b/inspect4py/utils.py
@@ -722,22 +722,23 @@ def detect_license(license_text, licenses_path, threshold=0.9):
 
     return sorted(rank_list, key=lambda t: t[1], reverse=True)
 
-def extract_readme(input_path: str) -> dict:
+def extract_readme(input_path: str, output_dir: str) -> dict:
     """
     Function to extract content of all readme file under the input directory.
     :param input_path: Path of the repository to be analyzed.
+    :param output_dir: The output directory. Used to generate the correct path of the README file.
     """
     readme_files = {}
     for file in Path(input_path).rglob("README.*"):
+        relative_path = os.path.join(output_dir, Path(file).relative_to(Path(input_path).parent))
         try:
             with open(file, 'r') as f:
-                readme_files[str(file)] = f.read()
+                readme_files[str(relative_path)] = f.read()
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Error when opening {file}: {e}")
 
     return readme_files
 
-
 def get_github_metadata(input_path: str) -> dict:
     """
     Function to extract metadata from the remote repository using Github api.
diff --git a/test/test_inspect4py.py b/test/test_inspect4py.py
index 6983e03..ce2ae50 100644
--- a/test/test_inspect4py.py
+++ b/test/test_inspect4py.py
@@ -614,14 +614,12 @@ def test_readme(self):
                                     call_list, control_flow, directory_tree, software_invocation, abstract_syntax_tree, 
                                     source_code, license_detection, readme, metadata)
 
-        root_dir = Path(input_path)
         expected_readme_files = {
-            f"{root_dir}/README.md": "README.md in root dir\n",
-            f"{root_dir}/subdir/README.txt": "README.txt in subdir\n",
-            f"{root_dir}/subdir/subsubdir/README.rst": "README.rst in subsubdir\n"
+            f"{output_dir}/test_readme/README.md": "README.md in root dir\n",
+            f"{output_dir}/test_readme/subdir/README.txt": "README.txt in subdir\n",
+            f"{output_dir}/test_readme/subdir/subsubdir/README.rst": "README.rst in subsubdir\n"
         }
         actual_readme_files = dir_info["readme_files"]
-        print(actual_readme_files)
         assert expected_readme_files == actual_readme_files        
 
 
@@ -738,7 +736,7 @@ def invoke_inspector(input_path, output_dir, ignore_dir_pattern, ignore_file_pat
         dir_info["license"]["detected_type"] = [{k: f"{v:.1%}"} for k, v in rank_list]
         dir_info["license"]["extracted_text"] = license_text
     if readme:
-        dir_info["readme_files"] = extract_readme(input_path)
+        dir_info["readme_files"] = extract_readme(input_path, output_dir)
     if metadata:
         dir_info["metadata"] = get_github_metadata(input_path)
     return dir_info