diff --git a/core/pkg/fixhandler/fixhandler.go b/core/pkg/fixhandler/fixhandler.go
index 07d6d4b1..6815b9b5 100644
--- a/core/pkg/fixhandler/fixhandler.go
+++ b/core/pkg/fixhandler/fixhandler.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -62,11 +63,12 @@ func NewFixHandler(fixInfo *metav1.FixInfo) (*FixHandler, error) {
 }
 
 func isSupportedScanningTarget(report *reporthandlingv2.PostureReport) error {
-	if report.Metadata.ScanMetadata.ScanningTarget == reporthandlingv2.GitLocal || report.Metadata.ScanMetadata.ScanningTarget == reporthandlingv2.Directory {
+	scanningTarget := report.Metadata.ScanMetadata.ScanningTarget
+	if scanningTarget == reporthandlingv2.GitLocal || scanningTarget == reporthandlingv2.Directory || scanningTarget == reporthandlingv2.File {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Errorf("unsupported scanning target. Only local git and directory scanning targets are supported")
+	return fmt.Errorf("unsupported scanning target. Supported scanning targets are: a local git repo, a directory or a file")
 }
 
 func getLocalPath(report *reporthandlingv2.PostureReport) string {
@@ -78,6 +80,10 @@ func getLocalPath(report *reporthandlingv2.PostureReport) string {
 		return report.Metadata.ContextMetadata.DirectoryContextMetadata.BasePath
 	}
 
+	if report.Metadata.ScanMetadata.ScanningTarget == reporthandlingv2.File {
+		return filepath.Dir(report.Metadata.ContextMetadata.FileContextMetadata.FilePath)
+	}
+
 	return ""
 }
 
diff --git a/core/pkg/resourcehandler/filesloader.go b/core/pkg/resourcehandler/filesloader.go
index e59765ff..b9b9ed85 100644
--- a/core/pkg/resourcehandler/filesloader.go
+++ b/core/pkg/resourcehandler/filesloader.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func (fileHandler *FileResourceHandler) GetResources(sessionObj *cautils.OPASess
 }
 
 func getResourcesFromPath(path string) (map[string]reporthandling.Source, []workloadinterface.IMetadata, error) {
+
 	workloadIDToSource := make(map[string]reporthandling.Source, 0)
 	workloads := []workloadinterface.IMetadata{}
 
@@ -108,6 +109,12 @@ func getResourcesFromPath(path string) (map[string]reporthandling.Source, []work
 		repoRoot, _ = filepath.Abs(path)
 	}
 
+	// when scanning a single file, we consider the repository root to be
+	// the directory of the scanned file
+	if cautils.IsYaml(repoRoot) {
+		repoRoot = filepath.Dir(repoRoot)
+	}
+
 	// load resource from local file system
 	sourceToWorkloads := cautils.LoadResourcesFromFiles(path, repoRoot)
 
@@ -117,6 +124,7 @@ func getResourcesFromPath(path string) (map[string]reporthandling.Source, []work
 		workloads = append(workloads, ws...)
 
 		relSource, err := filepath.Rel(repoRoot, source)
+
 		if err == nil {
 			source = relSource
 		}