diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 13d6749..645357c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 PyYAML==6.0.3
 requests==2.32.5
 Jinja2==3.1.6
+GitPython==3.1.45
diff --git a/tools/render b/tools/render
index a6f991c..4150951 100755
--- a/tools/render
+++ b/tools/render
@@ -6,15 +6,25 @@ import functools
 import json
 import pathlib
 
+import git
 import requests
 import yaml
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, StrictUndefined, Template
 
-NODES = pathlib.Path("nodes")
-SCHEMATICS = pathlib.Path("schematics")
-RENDERED = pathlib.Path("rendered")
-PATCHES = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader("patches"), undefined=StrictUndefined)
-TEMPLATES = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader("templates"), undefined=StrictUndefined)
+REPO = git.Repo(".", search_parent_directories=True)
+assert REPO.working_dir is not None
+
+ROOT = pathlib.Path(REPO.working_dir)
+
+NODES = ROOT.joinpath("nodes")
+SCHEMATICS = ROOT.joinpath("schematics")
+RENDERED = ROOT.joinpath("rendered")
+PATCHES = Environment(
+    loader=FileSystemLoader(ROOT.joinpath("patches")), undefined=StrictUndefined
+)
+TEMPLATES = Environment(
+    loader=FileSystemLoader(ROOT.joinpath("templates")), undefined=StrictUndefined
+)
 
 
 def node_encoder(node: dict):
@@ -112,7 +122,7 @@ def main():
         # Quick and dirty way to resolve all the templates using a custom encoder
         final_nodes.append(json.loads(json.dumps(node, cls=node_encoder(node))))
 
-    with open("config.yaml") as fyaml:
+    with open(ROOT.joinpath("config.yaml")) as fyaml:
         config = yaml.safe_load(fyaml)
 
     RENDERED.mkdir(exist_ok=True)