diff --git a/parser.cfm b/parser.cfm
index 6f006e1..66ab0de 100644
--- a/parser.cfm
+++ b/parser.cfm
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@
                     <cfif localName EQ "p" OR right(localName, 2) EQ ":p">
                         <cfset var paraText = "">
                         <cftry>
-                            <cfset var textNodes = xmlSearch(child, "//:t")>
+                            <cfset var textNodes = xmlSearch(child, ".//:t")>
                             <cfcatch>
-                                <cfset textNodes = xmlSearch(child, "//*[local-name()='t']")>
+                                <cfset textNodes = xmlSearch(child, ".//*[local-name()='t']")>
                             </cfcatch>
                         </cftry>
                         <cfloop array="#textNodes#" index="tn">
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@
                     <cfelseif localName EQ "tbl" OR right(localName, 4) EQ ":tbl">
                         <cfset var rows = []>
                         <cftry>
-                            <cfset var trNodes = xmlSearch(child, "//:tr")>
+                            <cfset var trNodes = xmlSearch(child, ".//:tr")>
                             <cfcatch>
-                                <cfset trNodes = xmlSearch(child, "//*[local-name()='tr']")>
+                                <cfset trNodes = xmlSearch(child, ".//*[local-name()='tr']")>
                             </cfcatch>
                         </cftry>
                         <cfloop array="#trNodes#" index="trNode">