diff --git a/asciidoctor-editor-plugin/src/main/java-eclipse/de/jcup/asciidoctoreditor/AsciiDoctorWrapper.java b/asciidoctor-editor-plugin/src/main/java-eclipse/de/jcup/asciidoctoreditor/AsciiDoctorWrapper.java
index 2b672f2e..3d2be244 100644
--- a/asciidoctor-editor-plugin/src/main/java-eclipse/de/jcup/asciidoctoreditor/AsciiDoctorWrapper.java
+++ b/asciidoctor-editor-plugin/src/main/java-eclipse/de/jcup/asciidoctoreditor/AsciiDoctorWrapper.java
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@
 package de.jcup.asciidoctoreditor;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 import org.asciidoctor.Asciidoctor;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ public void convertToHTML(File asciiDocFile, long editorId, boolean useHiddenFil
         
         context.setAsciidocFile(asciiDocFile);
         if (useHiddenFile){
-            context.setFileToRender(AsciiDocFileUtils.createHiddenEditorFile(asciiDocFile,editorId,context.getBaseDir(), getTempFolder()));
+            context.setFileToRender(AsciiDocFileUtils.createHiddenEditorFile(logAdapter, asciiDocFile,editorId,context.getBaseDir(), getTempFolder()));
         }else{
             context.setFileToRender(asciiDocFile);
         }
diff --git a/asciidoctor-editor-plugin/src/main/java/de/jcup/asciidoctoreditor/AsciiDocFileUtils.java b/asciidoctor-editor-plugin/src/main/java/de/jcup/asciidoctoreditor/AsciiDocFileUtils.java
index ebe9c664..aaf12800 100644
--- a/asciidoctor-editor-plugin/src/main/java/de/jcup/asciidoctoreditor/AsciiDocFileUtils.java
+++ b/asciidoctor-editor-plugin/src/main/java/de/jcup/asciidoctoreditor/AsciiDocFileUtils.java
@@ -73,20 +73,27 @@ protected static File createSelfDeletingTempSubFolder(String tempId, String pare
         return newTempSubFolder;
     }
 
-    public static File createHiddenEditorFile(File asciidoctorFile, long editorId, File baseDir, Path tempFolder) throws IOException {
+    public static File createHiddenEditorFile(LogAdapter logAdapter, File asciidoctorFile, long editorId, File baseDir, Path tempFolder) throws IOException {
         File hiddenEditorFile = new File(tempFolder.toFile(), editorId + "_hidden-editorfile_" + asciidoctorFile.getName());
-
-        String relativePath= calculatePathToFileFromBase(asciidoctorFile,baseDir);
-        
-        StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder();
-        sb.append("// origin :").append(asciidoctorFile.getAbsolutePath()).append("\n");
-        sb.append("// editor :").append(editorId).append("\n");
-        sb.append("// basedir:").append(baseDir.getAbsolutePath()).append("\n");
-        
-        sb.append("include::").append(relativePath).append("[]\n");
+        try{
+            String relativePath= calculatePathToFileFromBase(asciidoctorFile,baseDir);
+            StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder();
+            sb.append("// origin :").append(asciidoctorFile.getAbsolutePath()).append("\n");
+            sb.append("// editor :").append(editorId).append("\n");
+            sb.append("// basedir:").append(baseDir.getAbsolutePath()).append("\n");
+            
+            sb.append("include::").append(relativePath).append("[]\n");
+            
+            FileUtils.writeStringToFile(hiddenEditorFile, sb.toString(), "UTF-8",false);
+            hiddenEditorFile.deleteOnExit();
+        }catch(NotInsideCurrentBaseDirException e){
+            /* fallback to orign file - maybe something does not work but at least
+             * content will be shown!
+             */
+            logAdapter.logWarn("File not in current base dir so copied origin as hidden file:"+asciidoctorFile.getAbsolutePath());
+            FileUtils.copyFile(asciidoctorFile, hiddenEditorFile);
+        }
         
-        FileUtils.writeStringToFile(hiddenEditorFile, sb.toString(), "UTF-8",false);
-        hiddenEditorFile.deleteOnExit();
         return hiddenEditorFile;
     }
 
@@ -98,7 +105,18 @@ static String calculatePathToFileFromBase(File asciidoctorFile, File baseDir) {
             return unixAsciiDocFilePath.substring(unixBasePath.length());
         }
         
-        return "pathProblems:"+unixAsciiDocFilePath+" not in "+unixBasePath;
+        throw new NotInsideCurrentBaseDirException("pathProblems:"+unixAsciiDocFilePath+" not in "+unixBasePath);
     }
 
+    
+    public static class NotInsideCurrentBaseDirException extends RuntimeException{
+
+        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+        public NotInsideCurrentBaseDirException(String string) {
+           super(string);
+        }
+
+        
+    }
 }