diff --git a/Classes/Parser/AbstractParser.php b/Classes/Parser/AbstractParser.php
index 50a7a04..df3707a 100644
--- a/Classes/Parser/AbstractParser.php
+++ b/Classes/Parser/AbstractParser.php
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ public function resolveUrlInCss($url) {
 			return $url;
 		}
 		// anything inside TYPO3 has to be adjusted
-		return '../../../../' . dirname($this->removePrefixFromString(PATH_site, $this->inputFilename)) . '/' . $url;
+                // the generated css is assumed to be in typo3temp/DynCss, thus we read the typo3 
+                // install root by going up 2 levels
+		return '../../' . dirname($this->removePrefixFromString(PATH_site, $this->inputFilename)) . '/' . $url;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/Parser/DummyParserTest.php b/Tests/Unit/Parser/DummyParserTest.php
index 9daef95..1f8d40d 100644
--- a/Tests/Unit/Parser/DummyParserTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Unit/Parser/DummyParserTest.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function setUp() {
 			'https://typo3.org'   => 'https://typo3.org',
 			'/absPath'            => '/absPath',
 			'data:suiehihsidgfiu' => 'data:suiehihsidgfiu',
-			'../../Public/Contrib/bootstrap/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot' => '../../../../typo3conf/ext/dyncss/Resources/Public/Less/../../Public/Contrib/bootstrap/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot',
+			'../../Public/Contrib/bootstrap/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot' => '../../typo3conf/ext/dyncss/Resources/Public/Less/../../Public/Contrib/bootstrap/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot',
 			PATH_site . 'yeah'    => '../../yeah'
 		);
 	}