diff --git a/src/commands/add.rs b/src/commands/add.rs
index e043508..a180922 100644
--- a/src/commands/add.rs
+++ b/src/commands/add.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use clap::Values;
-use crate::store;
-use crate::utils::{self};
+use crate::store::{self, object::Object};
+use crate::utils;
 use crate::utils::nextsyncignore::{self, ignore_file};
+use crate::utils::path::{normalize_relative, repo_root};
 
 pub struct AddArgs<'a> {
     pub files: Values<'a>,
@@ -12,33 +13,48 @@ pub struct AddArgs<'a> {
 
 // todo match deleted files
 // todo match weird reg expression
-// todo normalize path
 pub fn add(args: AddArgs) {
     let mut index_file = store::index::open();
     let mut added_files: Vec<String> = vec![];
+
     let rules = match nextsyncignore::read_lines() {
         Ok(r) => r,
         Err(_) => vec![],
     };
+
     let mut ignored_f = vec![];
     let file_vec: Vec<&str> = args.files.collect();
     for file in file_vec {
-        if !args.force && ignore_file(&file.to_string(), rules.clone(), &mut ignored_f) {
+        
+        let f = match normalize_relative(file) {
+            Ok(f) => f,
+            Err(err) => {
+                eprintln!("err: {} {}", file, err);
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+
+        if !args.force && ignore_file(&f, rules.clone(), &mut ignored_f) {
             continue;
         }
-        let path = Path::new(file);
+
+        let path = repo_root().join(Path::new(&f));
+
         match path.exists() {
             true => {
                 if path.is_dir() {
-                    added_files.push(String::from(path.to_str().unwrap()));
+                    added_files.push(f);
                     add_folder_content(path.to_path_buf(), &mut added_files);
                 } else {
                     added_files.push(String::from(path.to_str().unwrap()));
                 }
             },
             false => {
-                // todo deleted file/folder verif if exists
-                added_files.push(String::from(path.to_str().unwrap()));
+                if Object::new(path.to_str().unwrap()).exists() {
+                    added_files.push(String::from(f));
+                } else {
+                    eprintln!("err: {} is not something you can add.", path.to_str().unwrap());
+                }
             }
         }
     } 
diff --git a/src/utils/path.rs b/src/utils/path.rs
index 31ffd25..f4bbb16 100644
--- a/src/utils/path.rs
+++ b/src/utils/path.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,61 @@
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::canonicalize;
-use std::path::{PathBuf, Path};
+use std::path::{PathBuf, Path, Component};
+
 use crate::global::global::DIR_PATH;
 
+/// Improve the path to try remove and solve .. token.
+/// Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68231306/stdfscanonicalize-for-files-that-dont-exist
+///
+/// This assumes that `a/b/../c` is `a/c` which might be different from
+/// what the OS would have chosen when b is a link. This is OK
+/// for broot verb arguments but can't be generally used elsewhere
+///
+/// This function ensures a given path ending with '/' still
+/// ends with '/' after normalization.
+pub fn normalize_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> PathBuf {
+    let ends_with_slash = path.as_ref()
+        .to_str()
+        .map_or(false, |s| s.ends_with('/'));
+    let mut normalized = PathBuf::new();
+    for component in path.as_ref().components() {
+        match &component {
+            Component::ParentDir => {
+                if !normalized.pop() {
+                    normalized.push(component);
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {
+                normalized.push(component);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if ends_with_slash {
+        normalized.push("");
+    }
+    normalized
+}
+
+pub fn normalize_relative(file: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
+    let current = match current() {
+        Some(p) => p,
+        None => {
+            return Err("cannot find current location".to_owned());
+        }
+    };
+    
+    let p = {
+        let tmp_p = current.join(PathBuf::from(file));
+        normalize_path(tmp_p)
+    };
+
+    let relative_p = match p.strip_prefix(repo_root()) {
+        Ok(p) => p,
+        Err(_) => return Err("is not in a nextsync repo or doesn't exist".to_owned()),
+    };
+    Ok(relative_p.to_str().unwrap().to_owned())
+}
+
 pub fn current() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     let d = DIR_PATH.lock().unwrap();