diff --git a/apps/circuit-compiler/src/app/services/circomPluginClient.ts b/apps/circuit-compiler/src/app/services/circomPluginClient.ts
index 2db9786a4f..947649042d 100644
--- a/apps/circuit-compiler/src/app/services/circomPluginClient.ts
+++ b/apps/circuit-compiler/src/app/services/circomPluginClient.ts
@@ -308,12 +308,11 @@ export class CircomPluginClient extends PluginClient {
         // extract all includes from the dependency content
         const dependencyIncludes = (dependencyContent.match(/include ['"].*['"]/g) || []).map((childInclude) => {
           const includeName = childInclude.replace(/include ['"]/g, '').replace(/['"]/g, '')
+          let absFilePath = pathModule.resolve(include.slice(0, include.lastIndexOf('/')), includeName)
 
-          if (!blackPath.includes(includeName)) {
+          absFilePath = include.startsWith('circomlib') ? absFilePath.substring(1) : absFilePath
+          if (!blackPath.includes(absFilePath)) {
             if(!includeName.startsWith('circomlib')) {
-              let absFilePath = pathModule.resolve(include.slice(0, include.lastIndexOf('/')), includeName)
-              absFilePath = include.startsWith('circomlib') ? absFilePath.substring(1) : absFilePath
-
               dependencyContent = dependencyContent.replace(`${includeName}`, `${absFilePath}`)
               return absFilePath
             }