diff --git a/src/nexe.ts b/src/nexe.ts
index c2a196a..1c207f2 100644
--- a/src/nexe.ts
+++ b/src/nexe.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ async function compile(
 
   if (error) {
     if (compiler.options.loglevel !== 'silent' && error) {
-      console.log(error)
       process.stderr.write(EOL + error.message + EOL)
     }
     compiler.quit()
diff --git a/src/options.ts b/src/options.ts
index 9f6433d..7ed897e 100644
--- a/src/options.ts
+++ b/src/options.ts
@@ -186,8 +186,15 @@ export function resolveEntry(input: string, cwd: string, maybeEntry?: string) {
     return ''
   }
   let result = null
+  if (input && isAbsolute(input)) {
+    return input
+  }
   if (input) {
-    result = resolveFileName(cwd, input, { silent: true })
+    let prefix = ''
+    if (!input.startsWith('.')) {
+      prefix = './'
+    }
+    result = resolveFileName(cwd, prefix + input, { silent: true })
   }
   if (isEntryFile(maybeEntry)) {
     result = resolveFileName(cwd, maybeEntry, { silent: true })
diff --git a/test/options.spec.ts b/test/options.spec.ts
index 39ab679..b1434bc 100644
--- a/test/options.spec.ts
+++ b/test/options.spec.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ describe('options', () => {
       const options = normalizeOptions()
       expect(options.input).to.equal(path.resolve('./index.js'))
     })
+    it('should resolve relative paths for input', () => {
+      const options = normalizeOptions({ input: 'test/fixture/entry.js' })
+      expect(options.input).to.equal(path.resolve('./test/fixture/entry.js'))
+    })
+    it('should accept a module entry as input', () => {
+      const options = normalizeOptions({ input: 'test/fixture' })
+      expect(options.input).to.equal(path.resolve('./test/fixture/entry.js'))
+    })
     it('should resolve pathed options against cwd', () => {
       const cwd = path.join(process.cwd(), 'test/fixture')
       const options = normalizeOptions({