diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7323b50..bcee458 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func processFile(
 
 	markdown = bytes.ReplaceAll(markdown, []byte("\r\n"), []byte("\n"))
 
-	meta, markdown, err := mark.ExtractMeta(markdown)
+	meta, markdown, err := mark.ExtractMeta(markdown, flags.Space, flags.TitleFromH1)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -196,29 +196,17 @@ func processFile(
 	}
 
 	if pageID == "" && meta == nil {
-		if flags.TitleFromH1 && flags.Space != "" {
-			meta = &mark.Meta{}
-			meta.Type = "page"
-		} else {
-			log.Fatal(
-				`specified file doesn't contain metadata ` +
-					`and URL is not specified via command line ` +
-					`or doesn't contain pageId GET-parameter`,
-			)
-		}
+		log.Fatal(
+			`specified file doesn't contain metadata ` +
+				`and URL is not specified via command line ` +
+				`or doesn't contain pageId GET-parameter`,
+		)
 	}
 
-	switch {
-	case meta.Space == "" && flags.Space == "":
+	if meta.Space == "" {
 		log.Fatal(
 			"space is not set ('Space' header is not set and '--space' option is not set)",
 		)
-	case meta.Space == "" && flags.Space != "":
-		meta.Space = flags.Space
-	}
-
-	if meta.Title == "" && flags.TitleFromH1 {
-		meta.Title = mark.ExtractDocumentLeadingH1(markdown)
 	}
 
 	if meta.Title == "" {
@@ -270,7 +258,7 @@ func processFile(
 		}
 	}
 
-	links, err := mark.ResolveRelativeLinks(api, meta, markdown, ".")
+	links, err := mark.ResolveRelativeLinks(api, meta, markdown, filepath.Dir(file), flags.Space, flags.TitleFromH1)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf(err, "unable to resolve relative links")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/mark/link.go b/pkg/mark/link.go
index b38baed..edde74b 100644
--- a/pkg/mark/link.go
+++ b/pkg/mark/link.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ func ResolveRelativeLinks(
 	meta *Meta,
 	markdown []byte,
 	base string,
+	spaceFromCli string,
+	titleFromH1 bool,
 ) ([]LinkSubstitution, error) {
 	matches := parseLinks(string(markdown))
 
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ func ResolveRelativeLinks(
 			match.hash,
 		)
 
-		resolved, err := resolveLink(api, base, match)
+		resolved, err := resolveLink(api, base, match, spaceFromCli, titleFromH1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, karma.Format(err, "resolve link: %q", match.full)
 		}
@@ -64,12 +66,15 @@ func resolveLink(
 	api *confluence.API,
 	base string,
 	link markdownLink,
+	spaceFromCli string,
+	titleFromH1 bool,
 ) (string, error) {
 	var result string
 
 	if len(link.filename) > 0 {
 		filepath := filepath.Join(base, link.filename)
 
+		log.Tracef(nil, "filepath: %s", filepath)
 		stat, err := os.Stat(filepath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", nil
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ func resolveLink(
 
 		// This helps to determine if found link points to file that's
 		// not markdown or have mark required metadata
-		linkMeta, _, err := ExtractMeta(linkContents)
+		linkMeta, _, err := ExtractMeta(linkContents, spaceFromCli, titleFromH1)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf(
 				err,
@@ -107,6 +112,13 @@ func resolveLink(
 			return "", nil
 		}
 
+		log.Tracef(
+			nil,
+			"extracted metadata: space=%s title=%s",
+			linkMeta.Space,
+			linkMeta.Title,
+		)
+
 		result, err = getConfluenceLink(api, linkMeta.Space, linkMeta.Title)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", karma.Format(
diff --git a/pkg/mark/meta.go b/pkg/mark/meta.go
index 4f4dec3..160291d 100644
--- a/pkg/mark/meta.go
+++ b/pkg/mark/meta.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var (
 	reHeaderPatternMacro = regexp.MustCompile(`<!-- Macro: .*`)
 )
 
-func ExtractMeta(data []byte) (*Meta, []byte, error) {
+func ExtractMeta(data []byte, spaceFromCli string, titleFromH1 bool) (*Meta, []byte, error) {
 	var (
 		meta   *Meta
 		offset int
@@ -146,6 +146,27 @@ func ExtractMeta(data []byte) (*Meta, []byte, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if titleFromH1 || spaceFromCli != "" {
+		if meta == nil {
+			meta = &Meta{}
+		}
+
+		if meta.Type == "" {
+			meta.Type = "page"
+		}
+
+		if meta.ContentAppearance == "" {
+			meta.ContentAppearance = FullWidthContentAppearance // Default to full-width for backwards compatibility
+		}
+
+		if titleFromH1 && meta.Title == "" {
+			meta.Title = ExtractDocumentLeadingH1(data)
+		}
+		if spaceFromCli != "" && meta.Space == "" {
+			meta.Space = spaceFromCli
+		}
+	}
+
 	if meta == nil {
 		return nil, data, nil
 	}