diff --git a/scripts/commands/playlist/format.ts b/scripts/commands/playlist/format.ts
index a7c69ee013..f38c797be4 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/playlist/format.ts
+++ b/scripts/commands/playlist/format.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import { Stream, Playlist } from '../../models'
 import { Storage } from '@freearhey/storage-js'
 import { STREAMS_DIR } from '../../constants'
 import { PlaylistParser } from '../../core'
-import { getStreamInfo } from '../../utils'
+import { getStoragePath, getStreamInfo } from '../../utils'
 import { loadData, data } from '../../api'
 import cliProgress from 'cli-progress'
 import { eachLimit } from 'async'
-import path from 'node:path'
 import os from 'node:os'
 
 program
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ async function main() {
     storage: streamsStorage
   })
   let files = program.args.length ? program.args : await streamsStorage.list('**/*.m3u')
-  files = files.map((filepath: string) => path.basename(filepath))
+  files = files.map((filepath: string) => getStoragePath(filepath, STREAMS_DIR))
   let streams = await parser.parse(files)
   streams = streams.map((stream: Stream) => {
     stream.setGuides(data.guidesGroupedByStreamId.get(stream.getId()))
diff --git a/scripts/utils.ts b/scripts/utils.ts
index 6e31eafc9b..d94a8cb89a 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.ts
+++ b/scripts/utils.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ export function normalizeURL(url: string): string {
   return decodeURIComponent(normalized).replace(/\s/g, '+').toString()
 }
 
+export function getStoragePath(filepath: string, rootDir: string): string {
+  const relative = path.relative(path.resolve(rootDir), path.resolve(filepath))
+
+  if (relative && relative !== '..' && !relative.startsWith(`..${path.sep}`)) {
+    return relative
+  }
+
+  return filepath
+}
+
 export function truncate(string: string, limit: number = 100) {
   if (!string) return string
   if (string.length < limit) return string
diff --git a/tests/__data__/input/playlist_paths/nested/nested.m3u b/tests/__data__/input/playlist_paths/nested/nested.m3u
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e54864def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__data__/input/playlist_paths/nested/nested.m3u
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#EXTM3U
+#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="",Zulu (720p)
+https://example.com/zulu.m3u8
+#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="",Alpha (720p)
+https://example.com/alpha.m3u8
diff --git a/tests/commands/playlist/format.test.ts b/tests/commands/playlist/format.test.ts
index f169322d84..51bf1e261f 100644
--- a/tests/commands/playlist/format.test.ts
+++ b/tests/commands/playlist/format.test.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,18 @@ describe('playlist:format', () => {
       )
     })
   })
-})
+  it('formats playlists in nested directories', () => {
+    fs.emptyDirSync('tests/__data__/output')
+    fs.copySync('tests/__data__/input/playlist_paths', 'tests/__data__/output/streams')
+
+    const cmd =
+      'cross-env STREAMS_DIR=tests/__data__/output/streams DATA_DIR=tests/__data__/input/data npm run playlist:format'
+    execSync(cmd, { encoding: 'utf8' })
+
+    const output = content('tests/__data__/output/streams/nested/nested.m3u')
+    expect(output.indexOf(',Alpha (720p)')).toBeLessThan(output.indexOf(',Zulu (720p)'))
+  })
+})
 
 function content(filepath: string) {
   return fs.readFileSync(pathToFileURL(filepath), { encoding: 'utf8' })