diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c59c9e2..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, flags.TitleFromH1)
+	meta, markdown, err := mark.ExtractMeta(markdown, flags.Space, flags.TitleFromH1)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -204,13 +204,9 @@ func processFile(
 	}
 
 	if meta.Space == "" {
-		if flags.Space == "" {
-			log.Fatal(
-				"space is not set ('Space' header is not set and '--space' option is not set)",
-			)
-		} else {
-			meta.Space = flags.Space
-		}
+		log.Fatal(
+			"space is not set ('Space' header is not set and '--space' option is not set)",
+		)
 	}
 
 	if meta.Title == "" {
@@ -262,7 +258,7 @@ func processFile(
 		}
 	}
 
-	links, err := mark.ResolveRelativeLinks(api, meta, markdown, filepath.Dir(file), flags.TitleFromH1)
+	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 62b8e26..edde74b 100644
--- a/pkg/mark/link.go
+++ b/pkg/mark/link.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func ResolveRelativeLinks(
 	meta *Meta,
 	markdown []byte,
 	base string,
+	spaceFromCli string,
 	titleFromH1 bool,
 ) ([]LinkSubstitution, error) {
 	matches := parseLinks(string(markdown))
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ func ResolveRelativeLinks(
 			match.hash,
 		)
 
-		resolved, err := resolveLink(api, base, match, titleFromH1)
+		resolved, err := resolveLink(api, base, match, spaceFromCli, titleFromH1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, karma.Format(err, "resolve link: %q", match.full)
 		}
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ func resolveLink(
 	api *confluence.API,
 	base string,
 	link markdownLink,
+	spaceFromCli string,
 	titleFromH1 bool,
 ) (string, error) {
 	var result string
@@ -95,7 +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, titleFromH1)
+		linkMeta, _, err := ExtractMeta(linkContents, spaceFromCli, titleFromH1)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf(
 				err,
diff --git a/pkg/mark/meta.go b/pkg/mark/meta.go
index 99bee85..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, titleFromH1 bool) (*Meta, []byte, error) {
+func ExtractMeta(data []byte, spaceFromCli string, titleFromH1 bool) (*Meta, []byte, error) {
 	var (
 		meta   *Meta
 		offset int
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func ExtractMeta(data []byte, titleFromH1 bool) (*Meta, []byte, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if titleFromH1 {
+	if titleFromH1 || spaceFromCli != "" {
 		if meta == nil {
 			meta = &Meta{}
 		}
@@ -159,9 +159,12 @@ func ExtractMeta(data []byte, titleFromH1 bool) (*Meta, []byte, error) {
 			meta.ContentAppearance = FullWidthContentAppearance // Default to full-width for backwards compatibility
 		}
 
-		if meta.Title == "" {
+		if titleFromH1 && meta.Title == "" {
 			meta.Title = ExtractDocumentLeadingH1(data)
 		}
+		if spaceFromCli != "" && meta.Space == "" {
+			meta.Space = spaceFromCli
+		}
 	}
 
 	if meta == nil {