diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 51bff4d..ad9ac3d 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ module.exports = function setupHook({
    */
   function fetch(_to, from) {
     // getting absolute path to the processing file
-    const filename = /\w/i.test(_to[0])
+    const filename = /[^\\/?%*:|"<>\.]/i.test(_to[0])
       ? require.resolve(_to)
       : resolve(dirname(from), _to);
 
diff --git a/test/tokens/cases/compose-node-module/expected.json b/test/tokens/cases/compose-node-module/expected.json
index 9b0d086..aaebd67 100644
--- a/test/tokens/cases/compose-node-module/expected.json
+++ b/test/tokens/cases/compose-node-module/expected.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "foo": "_test_tokens_cases_compose_node_module_source__foo _test_tokens_node_modules_awesome_theme_common__paragraph _test_tokens_node_modules_awesome_theme_oceanic__color"
+  "foo": "_test_tokens_cases_compose_node_module_source__foo _test_tokens_node_modules_awesome_theme_common__paragraph _test_tokens_node_modules_awesome_theme_oceanic__color",
+  "bar": "_test_tokens_cases_compose_node_module_source__bar _test_tokens_node_modules_privateorg_theme_common__button"
 }
diff --git a/test/tokens/cases/compose-node-module/source.css b/test/tokens/cases/compose-node-module/source.css
index 996bf71..61cedc5 100644
--- a/test/tokens/cases/compose-node-module/source.css
+++ b/test/tokens/cases/compose-node-module/source.css
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@
 {
   composes: paragraph from 'awesome-theme/common.css';
 }
+
+.bar
+{
+  composes: button from '@privateorg/theme/common.css';
+}
diff --git a/test/tokens/node_modules/@privateorg/theme/common.css b/test/tokens/node_modules/@privateorg/theme/common.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..653bc45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tokens/node_modules/@privateorg/theme/common.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.button
+{
+  background: blue;
+}