diff --git a/python/ccdb/cmd/commands/cat.py b/python/ccdb/cmd/commands/cat.py
index 99f82e4..63dc054 100644
--- a/python/ccdb/cmd/commands/cat.py
+++ b/python/ccdb/cmd/commands/cat.py
@@ -107,12 +107,15 @@ def get_assignment_by_request(self, request):
         @param request: Parsed request
         @type request: ParseRequestResult
         """
-        return self.context.provider.get_assignment_by_request(request)
 
-    # ----------------------------------------
-    #   gets assignment by parsed request
-    # ----------------------------------------
+        # In non-interactive mode, cat should handle path without leading / as absolute anyway
+        # Check mode and if relative path is given
+        if not self.context.is_interactive and request.path_is_parsed and not request.path.startswith("/"):
+            # PatCH the PaTH
+            request.path = "/" + request.path
 
+        # get the assignment from DB
+        return self.context.provider.get_assignment_by_request(request)
 
     # ----------------------------------------
     #   process_arguments
diff --git a/python/tests/integ_test_cli_manager.py b/python/tests/integ_test_cli_manager.py
index 449a0f3..869f85f 100644
--- a/python/tests/integ_test_cli_manager.py
+++ b/python/tests/integ_test_cli_manager.py
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ def test_cat(self):
         self.cli.process_command_line("cat /test/test_vars/test_table")
         self.assertIn("2.3", self.output.getvalue())
 
+    def test_cat_not_abs_path(self):
+        """In non-interactive mode, cat should handle path without leading / as absolute anyway"""
+        self.cli.process_command_line("cat test/test_vars/test_table")
+        self.assertIn("2.3", self.output.getvalue())
+
     def test_variation_backup(self):
         """Test Backup of """
 
diff --git a/python/tests/unit_test_dump_comments.py b/python/tests/unit_test_dump_comments.py
index b3816f7..5c2f49f 100644
--- a/python/tests/unit_test_dump_comments.py
+++ b/python/tests/unit_test_dump_comments.py
@@ -55,13 +55,19 @@ def setUp(self):
                 raise
 
     def tearDown(self):
+        self.context.process_command_line("vers /test/channel_mc_efficiency")
         with helper.captured_output() as (out, err):
             self.context.process_command_line("vers /test/channel_mc_efficiency")
         text = str(out.getvalue())
         line = text.split("\n")[1]
         assignment_id = int(shlex.split(line)[0])
-        self.context.process_command_line("rm -f -a {0}".format(assignment_id))
-        self.context.process_command_line("rm -f -t /test/channel_mc_efficiency")
+        try:
+            self.context.process_command_line("rm -f -a {0}".format(assignment_id))
+            self.context.process_command_line("rm -f -t /test/channel_mc_efficiency")
+        except Exception as ex:
+            print("Error removing '/test/channel_mc_efficiency'. It might be OK(!). " + str(ex) + os.linesep)
+            self.context.process_command_line("vers /test/channel_mc_efficiency")
+
         helper.clean_test_sqlite_db()
 
     def test_same_content(self):