diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index af33c975..b5959ca5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SHELL ?= /bin/bash
 endif
 
 #JAR_VERSION := $(shell mvn -q -Dexec.executable="echo" -Dexec.args='$${project.version}' --non-recursive exec:exec -DforceStdout)
-JAR_VERSION := 1.37
+JAR_VERSION := 1.38
 JAR_FILE := mn2pdf-$(JAR_VERSION).jar
 
 all: target/$(JAR_FILE)
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 4a87bbdb..226daead 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ You will need the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 8, Update 241 (8u241) or hi
 
 [source,sh]
 ----
-java -Xss5m -Xmx2048m -jar target/mn2pdf-1.37.jar --xml-file <XML-FileName> --xsl-file <XSLT-FileName> --pdf-file <Output-PDF-FileName>
+java -Xss5m -Xmx2048m -jar target/mn2pdf-1.38.jar --xml-file <XML-FileName> --xsl-file <XSLT-FileName> --pdf-file <Output-PDF-FileName>
 ----
 
 e.g.
 
 [source,sh]
 ----
-java -Xss5m -Xmx2048m -jar target/mn2pdf-1.37.jar --xml-file tests/G.191.xml --xsl-file tests/itu.recommendation.xsl --pdf-file tests/G.191.pdf
+java -Xss5m -Xmx2048m -jar target/mn2pdf-1.38.jar --xml-file tests/G.191.xml --xsl-file tests/itu.recommendation.xsl --pdf-file tests/G.191.pdf
 ----
 
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Update version in `pom.xml`, e.g.:
 ----
 <groupId>org.metanorma.fop</groupId>
 <artifactId>mn2pdf</artifactId>
-<version>1.37</version>
+<version>1.38</version>
 <name>Metanorma XML to PDF converter</name>
 ----
 
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ Tag the same version in Git:
 
 [source,xml]
 ----
-git tag v1.37
-git push origin v1.37
+git tag v1.38
+git push origin v1.38
 ----
 
 Then the corresponding GitHub release will be automatically created at:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a670ea69..997a8b3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.metanorma.fop</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mn2pdf</artifactId>
-	<version>1.37</version>
+	<version>1.38</version>
 	<name>Metanorma XML to PDF converter</name>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<url>https://www.metanorma.org</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/PDFGenerator.java b/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/PDFGenerator.java
index a8523c8a..b49c7a00 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/PDFGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/metanorma/fop/PDFGenerator.java
@@ -263,7 +263,12 @@ private void convertmn2pdf(fontConfig fontcfg, SourceXMLDocument sourceXMLDocume
                 // index.xml was created for bilingual document
                 additionalXSLTparams.setProperty("external_index", fileXmlIF.getAbsolutePath());
             }
-            additionalXSLTparams.setProperty("basepath", sourceXMLDocument.getDocumentFilePath() + File.separator);
+            String basepath = sourceXMLDocument.getDocumentFilePath() + File.separator;
+            // redefine basepath 
+            if (xsltParams.containsKey("baseassetpath")) {
+                basepath = xsltParams.getProperty("baseassetpath") + File.separator;
+            }
+            additionalXSLTparams.setProperty("basepath", basepath);
             xsltConverter.setParams(additionalXSLTparams);
             
             //System.out.println("[INFO] XSL-FO file preparation...");