diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 068c8a02..32a0a0e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@
 									<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/site/reference/html</outputDirectory>
 									<sectids>false</sectids>
 									<attributes>
+										<code-dir>${basedir}</code-dir>
 										<docinfo>shared</docinfo>
 										<linkcss>true</linkcss>
 										<icons>font</icons>
@@ -341,6 +342,9 @@
 								<configuration>
 									<backend>pdf</backend>
 									<sourceHighlighter>coderay</sourceHighlighter>
+									<attributes>
+										<code-dir>${basedir}</code-dir>
+									</attributes>
 								</configuration>
 							</execution>
 
diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/fundamentals.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/fundamentals.adoc
index ed14df50..b6566ae8 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/fundamentals.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/fundamentals.adoc
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-:code: ../../..
-
-
 [[fundamentals]]
 = Fundamentals
 
@@ -229,7 +226,7 @@ The following code shows how to take a *self* link and associate two more afford
 ====
 [source,java,indent=0]
 ----
-include::{code}/src/docs/java/org/springframework/hateoas/EmployeeController.java[tag=get]
+include::{code-dir}/src/docs/java/org/springframework/hateoas/EmployeeController.java[tag=get]
 ----
 <1> Create the *self* link.
 <2> Associate the `updateEmployee` method with the `self` link.
@@ -244,7 +241,7 @@ Imagine that the related methods *afforded* above looking like this:
 ====
 [source,java,indent=0]
 ----
-include::{code}/src/docs/java/org/springframework/hateoas/EmployeeController.java[tag=put]
+include::{code-dir}/src/docs/java/org/springframework/hateoas/EmployeeController.java[tag=put]
 ----
 ====
 
@@ -252,7 +249,7 @@ include::{code}/src/docs/java/org/springframework/hateoas/EmployeeController.jav
 ====
 [source,java,indent=0]
 ----
-include::{code}/src/docs/java/org/springframework/hateoas/EmployeeController.java[tag=patch]
+include::{code-dir}/src/docs/java/org/springframework/hateoas/EmployeeController.java[tag=patch]
 ----
 ====