Doesn't \usemodule issue a search in parent directories when the module is not found in the working directory ? \usemodule[t-lettrine] \starttext \lettrine{A}{bc} defgh \stoptext When putting t-lettrine.tex in the same directory as the above test file it works, when putting it in the parent directory it leads to... context.cmd lettritest This is luaTeX, Version snapshot-0.31.3-2008122922 (lettritest.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.01.18 14:39 MKIV fmt: 2009.2.2 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv) (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-fil loaded (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded specials : pdftex loaded language : language en is active system : lettritest.top loaded (lettritest.top) system : module t-lettrine not found systems : begin file lettritest at line 3 ! Undefined control sequence. l.5 \lettrine {A}{bc} defgh -- Alan