diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d38748..2572f5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Ideally you should also write descriptions for models and columns as is a [best
 
 - `dbt-package`: dbt-bigquery, dbt-postgres, dbt-bigquery==1.0.0, etc. (**required**)
 - `dbt-profile-path`: where profile.yml lives (default: `./`)
+- `dbt-project-path`: where dbt_project.yml lives (default: `./`)
 - `dbt-target`: profile target to use for dbt docs generation (**required**)
 - `model-records-to-write`: "all" or "model_name_1 model_name_2 ..." (default: "all")
 - `notion-database-name`: what to name the Notion database of dbt models (**required**)
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 20d050e..25045cd 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'where profile.yml lives'
     required: false
     default: './'
+  dbt-project-path:
+    description: 'where dbt_project.yml lives'
+    required: false
+    default: './'
   dbt-target:
     description: 'profile target to use for dbt docs generation'
     required: true
@@ -38,13 +42,13 @@ runs:
       run: "pip3 install ${{ inputs.dbt-package }}"
       shell: bash
     - name: Load dbt deps
-      run: "dbt deps --profiles-dir ${{ inputs.dbt-profile-path }} --target=${{ inputs.dbt-target }}"
+      run: "dbt deps --project-dir ${{ inputs.dbt-project-path }} --profiles-dir ${{ inputs.dbt-profile-path }} --target=${{ inputs.dbt-target }}"
       shell: bash
     - name: Generate dbt Docs
-      run: "dbt docs generate --profiles-dir ${{ inputs.dbt-profile-path }} --target=${{ inputs.dbt-target }}"
+      run: "dbt docs generate --project-dir ${{ inputs.dbt-project-path }} --profiles-dir ${{ inputs.dbt-profile-path }} --target=${{ inputs.dbt-target }}"
       shell: bash
     - name: Export dbt Docs to Notion
-      run: "python3 ${{ github.action_path }}/dbt_docs_to_notion.py ${{ inputs.model-records-to-write }}"
+      run: "python3 ${{ github.action_path }}/dbt_docs_to_notion.py ${{ inputs.dbt-project-path }} ${{ inputs.model-records-to-write }}"
       shell: bash
       env:
         DATABASE_NAME: ${{ inputs.notion-database-name }}
diff --git a/dbt_docs_to_notion.py b/dbt_docs_to_notion.py
index 6213b86..856f7c2 100644
--- a/dbt_docs_to_notion.py
+++ b/dbt_docs_to_notion.py
@@ -61,15 +61,16 @@ def get_owner(data, catalog_nodes, model_name):
 def main(argv=None):
   if argv is None:
     argv = sys.argv
-  model_records_to_write = argv[1:] # 'all' or list of model names
+  dbt_project_dir = argv[1]
+  model_records_to_write = argv[2:] # 'all' or list of model names
   print(f'Model records to write: {model_records_to_write}')
 
   ###### load nodes from dbt docs ######
-  with open('target/manifest.json', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+  with open(f'{dbt_project_dir}/target/manifest.json', encoding='utf-8') as f:
     manifest = json.load(f)
     manifest_nodes = manifest['nodes']
 
-  with open('target/catalog.json', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+  with open(f'{dbt_project_dir}/target/catalog.json', encoding='utf-8') as f:
     catalog = json.load(f)
     catalog_nodes = catalog['nodes']