diff --git a/include/inja/environment.hpp b/include/inja/environment.hpp
index 86db816..13779cf 100644
--- a/include/inja/environment.hpp
+++ b/include/inja/environment.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ protected:
   std::string output_path;
 
 public:
-  Environment(): Environment("") {}
+  Environment(): Environment("./") {}
 
   explicit Environment(const std::string& global_path): input_path(global_path), output_path(global_path) {}
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public:
 
   Template parse(std::string_view input) {
     Parser parser(parser_config, lexer_config, template_storage, function_storage);
-    return parser.parse(input);
+    return parser.parse(input, input_path);
   }
 
   Template parse_template(const std::string& filename) {
diff --git a/include/inja/parser.hpp b/include/inja/parser.hpp
index 3ea1793..3fbbfcc 100644
--- a/include/inja/parser.hpp
+++ b/include/inja/parser.hpp
@@ -631,10 +631,6 @@ public:
     return result;
   }
 
-  Template parse(std::string_view input) {
-    return parse(input, "./");
-  }
-
   void parse_into_template(Template& tmpl, std::string_view filename) {
     std::string_view path = filename.substr(0, filename.find_last_of("/\\") + 1);
 
diff --git a/single_include/inja/inja.hpp b/single_include/inja/inja.hpp
index 2c69ccd..0951788 100644
--- a/single_include/inja/inja.hpp
+++ b/single_include/inja/inja.hpp
@@ -2045,10 +2045,6 @@ public:
     return result;
   }
 
-  Template parse(std::string_view input) {
-    return parse(input, "./");
-  }
-
   void parse_into_template(Template& tmpl, std::string_view filename) {
     std::string_view path = filename.substr(0, filename.find_last_of("/\\") + 1);
 
@@ -2735,7 +2731,7 @@ protected:
   std::string output_path;
 
 public:
-  Environment(): Environment("") {}
+  Environment(): Environment("./") {}
 
   explicit Environment(const std::string& global_path): input_path(global_path), output_path(global_path) {}
 
@@ -2797,7 +2793,7 @@ public:
 
   Template parse(std::string_view input) {
     Parser parser(parser_config, lexer_config, template_storage, function_storage);
-    return parser.parse(input);
+    return parser.parse(input, input_path);
   }
 
   Template parse_template(const std::string& filename) {
diff --git a/test/test-files.cpp b/test/test-files.cpp
index aa01cff..e95f396 100644
--- a/test/test-files.cpp
+++ b/test/test-files.cpp
@@ -69,12 +69,23 @@ TEST_CASE("global-path") {
   }
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("include-without-local-files") {
+TEST_CASE("include-files") {
   inja::Environment env {test_file_directory};
-  env.set_search_included_templates_in_files(false);
+  inja::json data;
+  data["name"] = "Jeff";
 
-  CHECK_THROWS_WITH(env.render_file_with_json_file("html/template.txt", "html/data.json"),
+  SUBCASE("from text") {
+    CHECK(env.render_file("include.txt", data) == "Answer: Hello Jeff.");
+    CHECK(env.render("Answer: {% include \"simple.txt\" %}", data) == "Answer: Hello Jeff.");
+
+    CHECK_NOTHROW(env.render_file_with_json_file("html/template.txt", "html/data.json"));
+  }
+
+  SUBCASE("without local files") {
+    env.set_search_included_templates_in_files(false);
+    CHECK_THROWS_WITH(env.render_file_with_json_file("html/template.txt", "html/data.json"),
                     "[inja.exception.render_error] (at 3:14) include 'header.txt' not found");
+  }
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("include-in-memory-and-file-template") {