diff --git a/lib/version.js b/lib/version.js
index 0e08498ceb1e0..0be72f6b4df2e 100755
--- a/lib/version.js
+++ b/lib/version.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const readMetadata = require('./server/readMetadata.js');
+const utils = require('./server/utils.js');
 const versionFallback = require('./server/versionFallback.js');
 const env = require('./server/env.js');
 
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ files.forEach(file => {
   metadata.original_id = metadata.id;
   metadata.id = 'version-' + version + '-' + metadata.id;
 
-  const subDir = readMetadata.getSubDir(file);
+  const docsDir = path.join(CWD, '../', readMetadata.getDocsPath());
+  const subDir = utils.getSubDir(file, docsDir);
   const targetFile = subDir
     ? `${versionFolder}/${subDir}/${path.basename(file)}`
     : `${versionFolder}/${path.basename(file)}`;
diff --git a/lib/write-translations.js b/lib/write-translations.js
index 37d32a7b0f2b8..4bbfc73b722ae 100755
--- a/lib/write-translations.js
+++ b/lib/write-translations.js
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ function execute() {
   };
 
   // look through markdown headers of docs for titles and categories to translate
+  const docsDir = path.join(CWD, '../', readMetadata.getDocsPath());
   let files = glob.sync(CWD + '/../' + readMetadata.getDocsPath() + '/**');
   files.forEach(file => {
     const extension = path.extname(file);
     if (extension === '.md' || extension === '.markdown') {
       let res;
       try {
-        const docsDir = path.join(CWD, '../', readMetadata.getDocsPath());
         res = readMetadata.processMetadata(file, docsDir);
       } catch (e) {
         console.error(e);