diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6494d6..5aecf8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - [#1195](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/issues/1195) fix ID face showing as invalid if within Org ID files, but not Org-roam's.
 - [#1199](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/issues/1199) make Org-roam link insertions respect `org-roam-link-title-format` everywhere.
 - [#1201](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/issues/1201) fix `org-roam-db-build-cache` failing in scenarios involving duplicate IDs and deleted files.
+- [#1226](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/issues/1226) only update relative path of file links
 
 ## 1.2.2 (06-10-2020)
 
diff --git a/org-roam.el b/org-roam.el
index 147f00a..05ff873 100644
--- a/org-roam.el
+++ b/org-roam.el
@@ -1321,7 +1321,8 @@ replaced links are made relative to the current buffer."
   (when-let ((link (org-element-lineage (org-element-context) '(link) t)))
     (let ((type (org-element-property :type link))
           (path (org-element-property :path link)))
-      (when (and (f-relative-p path)
+      (when (and (string= type "file")
+                 (f-relative-p path)
                  (org-in-regexp org-link-bracket-re 1))
         (let* ((file-path (expand-file-name path (file-name-directory old-path)))
                (new-path (org-roam-link-get-path file-path)))