diff --git a/src/cmd/init.zig b/src/cmd/init.zig
index c0073b537df0b82f86e303e476e3c27cae683955..b1c23a7ed5af9c0961bfe6374bb139406b79ee75 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/init.zig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
 
     const stdout = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
     const stdin = std.io.getStdIn().reader();
+    const cwd = std.fs.cwd();
 
     const id = try inquirer.answer(stdout, "ID (this gets autogenerated):", []const u8, "{s}", try u.random_string(48));
 
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
         else => return err,
     }) else null;
 
-    const license = try inquirer.forString(stdout, stdin, "license:", gpa, try detectlicense.detectInDir(gpa, std.fs.cwd()));
+    const license = try inquirer.forString(stdout, stdin, "license:", gpa, try detectlicense.detectInDir(gpa, cwd));
 
     const description = try inquirer.forString(stdout, stdin, "description:", gpa, null);
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
             std.debug.print("okay. quitting...", .{});
         },
         true => {
-            const file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile("zig.mod", .{});
+            const file = try cwd.createFile("zig.mod", .{});
             defer file.close();
             const w = file.writer();
             switch (ptype) {