diff --git a/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/aggregation.py b/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/aggregation.py
index f3bbec37b8..e35373ae02 100644
--- a/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/aggregation.py
+++ b/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/aggregation.py
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@ def step_impl(context):
 @given(u'a set of specific related elements taken from the file "{path_file}"')
 def step_impl(context, path_file):
     import csv
+    import os
     model = getattr(context, "model", None)
     if not model:
         context.model = TableModel()
-    with open(path_file, encoding="utf-8") as csvfile:
+    if context.config.userdata.get('path'):
+        path_file = os.path.join(context.config.userdata.get('path'), path_file)
+    if not os.path.exists(path_file):
+        assert False, "File {} not found".format(path_file)
+    with open(path_file, 'r', encoding="utf-8-sig") as csvfile:
         reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
         for row in reader:
             context.model.add_row(row["RelatedObjects"], row["RelatingGroup"])
diff --git a/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/ifcdata.py b/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/ifcdata.py
index a6e69e2bf8..8a3b90beb7 100644
--- a/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/ifcdata.py
+++ b/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/ifcdata.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from behave import step
+from behave import step, given
 
 from utils import IfcFile
 
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ def step_impl(context, schema):
     try:
         IfcFile.load_schema(schema)
     except:
-        assert False
-
+        assert False, f"The schema {schema} could not be loaded"
 
 @step('The IFC file "{file}" must be provided')
 def step_impl(context, file):
@@ -17,6 +16,19 @@ def step_impl(context, file):
     except:
         assert False, f"The file {file} could not be loaded"
 
+@given('The IFC file has been provided through an argument')
+def step_impl(context):
+    try:
+        IfcFile.load(context.config.userdata.get("ifcfile"))
+    except:
+        assert False, f"The IFC {context.config.userdata.get('ifcfile')} file could not be loaded"
+
+@given('A file path has been provided through an argument')
+def step_impl(context):
+    try:
+        assert context.config.userdata.get("path")
+    except:
+        assert False, f"The path {context.config.userdata.get('path')} could not be loaded"
 
 @step("IFC data must use the {schema} schema")
 def step_impl(context, schema):