diff --git a/lib/licensee/projects/github_project.rb b/lib/licensee/projects/github_project.rb
index 6c15bee..1785a51 100644
--- a/lib/licensee/projects/github_project.rb
+++ b/lib/licensee/projects/github_project.rb
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ module Licensee
       private
 
       def files
-        @files ||= contents.map { |data| { name: data[:name], dir: '/' } }
+        @files ||= dir_files
       rescue Octokit::NotFound
-        raise RepoNotFound,
-              "Could not load GitHub repo #{repo}, it may be private or deleted"
+        msg = "Could not load GitHub repo #{repo}, it may be private or deleted"
+        raise RepoNotFound, msg
       end
 
       def load_file(file)
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ module Licensee
                                 accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3.raw')
       end
 
-      def contents
-        Octokit.contents(@repo).select { |data| data[:type] == 'file' }
+      def dir_files(path = nil)
+        files = Octokit.contents(@repo, path: path)
+        files = files.select { |data| data[:type] == 'file' }
+        files.each { |data| data[:dir] = File.dirname(data[:path]) }
+        files.map(&:to_h)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/gemspec/project.gemspec b/spec/fixtures/gemspec/project.gemspec
deleted file mode 100644
index 95e14b0..0000000
--- a/spec/fixtures/gemspec/project.gemspec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Using a `.gemspec` extension here breaks the `gem release` command
-Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
-  gem.name = "licensee-fixture-project"
-  gem.license = 'mit'
-end
diff --git a/spec/licensee/project_spec.rb b/spec/licensee/project_spec.rb
index 86132dc..b520998 100644
--- a/spec/licensee/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/licensee/project_spec.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         FileUtils.rm_rf File.expand_path '.git', path
       end
     elsif described_class == Licensee::Projects::GitHubProject
-      let(:path) do
+      before do
         stub_request(
           :get, "#{api_base}/#{stubbed_org}/#{fixture}/contents/"
         ).to_return(
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@
             .with(headers: { 'accept' => 'application/vnd.github.v3.raw' })
             .to_return(status: 200, body: File.read(file))
         end
-
-        "https://github.com/#{stubbed_org}/#{fixture}"
       end
+      let(:path) { "https://github.com/#{stubbed_org}/#{fixture}" }
     end
 
     if described_class == Licensee::Projects::GitProject
@@ -178,6 +177,25 @@
         end
       end
 
+      if described_class == Licensee::Projects::GitHubProject
+        before do
+          stub_request(
+            :get, "#{api_base}/#{stubbed_org}/#{fixture}/contents/"
+          ).to_return(
+            status:  200,
+            body:    fixture_root_contents_from_api(fixture),
+            headers: { 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' }
+          )
+
+          file = fixture_path "#{fixture}/project.gemspec"
+          relative_path = File.basename(file)
+          parts = [api_base, stubbed_org, fixture, 'contents', relative_path]
+          stub_request(:get, parts.join('/'))
+            .with(headers: { 'accept' => 'application/vnd.github.v3.raw' })
+            .to_return(status: 200, body: File.read(file))
+        end
+      end
+
       after do
         FileUtils.rm("#{fixture_path(fixture)}/project.gemspec")
       end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index e8cfa20..6a67177 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ def fixture_root_contents_from_api(fixture)
   fixture_root_files(fixture).map do |file|
     {
       name: File.basename(file),
-      type: 'file'
+      type: 'file',
+      path: File.basename(file)
     }
   end.to_json
 end