diff --git a/cmd/go-semantic-release/commands/root.go b/cmd/go-semantic-release/commands/root.go
index 0dcfbe8..87f4421 100644
--- a/cmd/go-semantic-release/commands/root.go
+++ b/cmd/go-semantic-release/commands/root.go
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ func Execute(version string) {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	currentDir, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("repository", "r", currentDir, "Path to repository")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("repository", "r", "./", "Path to repository")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("loglevel", "l", "error", "Set loglevel")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("config", "c", ".release.yml", "Path to config file")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("no-cache", false, "Ignore cache, don't use in ci build")