diff --git a/.changeset/spicy-birds-wave.md b/.changeset/spicy-birds-wave.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68c7ae77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spicy-birds-wave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"lingo.dev": patch
+---
+
+run prettier in context of the target file
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/loaders/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/loaders/index.ts
index 0ac1ad9eb..5d42320b3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/loaders/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/loaders/index.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export default function createBucketLoader(
     case "html":
       return composeLoaders(
         createTextFileLoader(bucketPathPattern),
-        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "html", alwaysFormat: true }),
+        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "html", bucketPathPattern }),
         createHtmlLoader(),
         createSyncLoader(),
         createUnlocalizableLoader(options.isCacheRestore, options.returnUnlocalizedKeys),
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export default function createBucketLoader(
     case "json":
       return composeLoaders(
         createTextFileLoader(bucketPathPattern),
-        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "json" }),
+        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "json", bucketPathPattern }),
         createJsonLoader(),
         createFlatLoader(),
         createSyncLoader(),
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export default function createBucketLoader(
     case "markdown":
       return composeLoaders(
         createTextFileLoader(bucketPathPattern),
-        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "markdown" }),
+        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "markdown", bucketPathPattern }),
         createMarkdownLoader(),
         createSyncLoader(),
         createUnlocalizableLoader(options.isCacheRestore, options.returnUnlocalizedKeys),
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export default function createBucketLoader(
     case "yaml":
       return composeLoaders(
         createTextFileLoader(bucketPathPattern),
-        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "yaml" }),
+        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "yaml", bucketPathPattern }),
         createYamlLoader(),
         createFlatLoader(),
         createSyncLoader(),
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ export default function createBucketLoader(
     case "yaml-root-key":
       return composeLoaders(
         createTextFileLoader(bucketPathPattern),
-        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "yaml" }),
+        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "yaml", bucketPathPattern }),
         createYamlLoader(),
         createRootKeyLoader(true),
         createFlatLoader(),
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export default function createBucketLoader(
     case "flutter":
       return composeLoaders(
         createTextFileLoader(bucketPathPattern),
-        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "json" }),
+        createPrettierLoader({ parser: "json", bucketPathPattern }),
         createJsonLoader(),
         createFlutterLoader(),
         createFlatLoader(),
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/loaders/prettier.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/loaders/prettier.ts
index c0d5566b9..c801cdf5d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/loaders/prettier.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/loaders/prettier.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import path from "path";
 import prettier, { Options } from "prettier";
 import { ILoader } from "./_types";
 import { createLoader } from "./_utils";
 
 export type PrettierLoaderOptions = {
   parser: Options["parser"];
+  bucketPathPattern: string;
   alwaysFormat?: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -13,8 +15,11 @@ export default function createPrettierLoader(options: PrettierLoaderOptions): IL
       return data;
     },
     async push(locale, data) {
-      const prettierConfig = await loadPrettierConfig();
-      if (!prettierConfig && !options.alwaysFormat) {
+      const draftPath = options.bucketPathPattern.replaceAll("[locale]", locale);
+      const finalPath = path.resolve(draftPath);
+
+      const prettierConfig = await loadPrettierConfig(finalPath);
+      if (!prettierConfig) {
         return data;
       }
 
@@ -36,9 +41,9 @@ export default function createPrettierLoader(options: PrettierLoaderOptions): IL
   });
 }
 
-async function loadPrettierConfig() {
+async function loadPrettierConfig(filePath: string) {
   try {
-    const config = await prettier.resolveConfig(process.cwd());
+    const config = await prettier.resolveConfig(filePath);
     return config;
   } catch (error) {
     return {};