diff --git a/pyrit/models/storage_io.py b/pyrit/models/storage_io.py
index 3555a3648..cf8af6edb 100644
--- a/pyrit/models/storage_io.py
+++ b/pyrit/models/storage_io.py
@@ -254,6 +254,23 @@ def parse_blob_url(self, file_path: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
             return container_name, blob_name
         raise ValueError("Invalid blob URL")
 
+    def _resolve_blob_name(self, path: Union[Path, str]) -> str:
+        """
+        Resolve a blob name from either a full blob URL or a relative blob path.
+
+        Args:
+            path (Union[Path, str]): Blob URL or relative blob path.
+
+        Returns:
+            str: The resolved blob name.
+        """
+        path_str = str(path)
+        parsed_url = urlparse(path_str)
+        if parsed_url.scheme and parsed_url.netloc:
+            _, blob_name = self.parse_blob_url(path_str)
+            return blob_name
+        return path_str
+
     async def read_file(self, path: Union[Path, str]) -> bytes:
         """
         Asynchronously reads the content of a file (blob) from Azure Blob Storage.
@@ -284,7 +301,7 @@ async def read_file(self, path: Union[Path, str]) -> bytes:
         if not self._client_async:
             await self._create_container_client_async()
 
-        _, blob_name = self.parse_blob_url(str(path))
+        blob_name = self._resolve_blob_name(path)
 
         try:
             blob_client = self._client_async.get_blob_client(blob=blob_name)
@@ -311,7 +328,7 @@ async def write_file(self, path: Union[Path, str], data: bytes) -> None:
         """
         if not self._client_async:
             await self._create_container_client_async()
-        _, blob_name = self.parse_blob_url(str(path))
+        blob_name = self._resolve_blob_name(path)
         try:
             await self._upload_blob_async(file_name=blob_name, data=data, content_type=self._blob_content_type)
         except Exception as exc:
@@ -335,7 +352,7 @@ async def path_exists(self, path: Union[Path, str]) -> bool:
         if not self._client_async:
             await self._create_container_client_async()
         try:
-            _, blob_name = self.parse_blob_url(str(path))
+            blob_name = self._resolve_blob_name(path)
             blob_client = self._client_async.get_blob_client(blob=blob_name)
             await blob_client.get_blob_properties()
             return True
@@ -359,7 +376,7 @@ async def is_file(self, path: Union[Path, str]) -> bool:
         if not self._client_async:
             await self._create_container_client_async()
         try:
-            _, blob_name = self.parse_blob_url(str(path))
+            blob_name = self._resolve_blob_name(path)
             blob_client = self._client_async.get_blob_client(blob=blob_name)
             blob_properties = await blob_client.get_blob_properties()
             return blob_properties.size > 0
diff --git a/tests/unit/models/test_storage_io.py b/tests/unit/models/test_storage_io.py
index 67e3ece09..1aafa3c26 100644
--- a/tests/unit/models/test_storage_io.py
+++ b/tests/unit/models/test_storage_io.py
@@ -101,6 +101,25 @@ async def test_azure_blob_storage_io_read_file(azure_blob_storage_io):
     assert result == b"Test file content"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_azure_blob_storage_io_read_file_with_relative_path(azure_blob_storage_io):
+    mock_container_client = AsyncMock()
+    azure_blob_storage_io._client_async = mock_container_client
+
+    mock_blob_client = AsyncMock()
+    mock_blob_stream = AsyncMock()
+
+    mock_container_client.get_blob_client = Mock(return_value=mock_blob_client)
+    mock_blob_client.download_blob = AsyncMock(return_value=mock_blob_stream)
+    mock_blob_stream.readall = AsyncMock(return_value=b"Test file content")
+    mock_container_client.close = AsyncMock()
+
+    result = await azure_blob_storage_io.read_file("dir1/dir2/sample.png")
+
+    assert result == b"Test file content"
+    mock_container_client.get_blob_client.assert_called_once_with(blob="dir1/dir2/sample.png")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_azure_blob_storage_io_write_file():
     container_url = "https://youraccount.blob.core.windows.net/yourcontainer"
@@ -143,6 +162,23 @@ async def test_azure_storage_io_path_exists(azure_blob_storage_io):
     assert exists is True
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_azure_storage_io_path_exists_with_relative_path(azure_blob_storage_io):
+    mock_container_client = AsyncMock()
+    azure_blob_storage_io._client_async = mock_container_client
+
+    mock_blob_client = AsyncMock()
+
+    mock_container_client.get_blob_client = Mock(return_value=mock_blob_client)
+    mock_blob_client.get_blob_properties = AsyncMock()
+    mock_container_client.close = AsyncMock()
+
+    exists = await azure_blob_storage_io.path_exists("dir1/dir2/blob_name.txt")
+
+    assert exists is True
+    mock_container_client.get_blob_client.assert_called_once_with(blob="dir1/dir2/blob_name.txt")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_azure_storage_io_is_file(azure_blob_storage_io):
     azure_blob_storage_io._client_async = AsyncMock()