diff --git a/src/cmd_add.zig b/src/cmd_add.zig
index b06555e58c35d9d68f7b93d354c5a2d0d8a26920..d8493d498e3879ece6ac79d1141b859550c59ebc 100644
--- a/src/cmd_add.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_add.zig
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
     const dep_type = std.meta.stringToEnum(u.DepType, dept);
     u.assert(dep_type != null, "provided <type> parameter \"{}\" is not a valid dependency type", .{dept});
 
-    const m = try u.ModFile.init(gpa, "./zig.mod");
+    const m = try u.ModFile.init(gpa, "zig.mod");
     for (m.deps) |d| {
         u.assert(!(d.type == dep_type.? and std.mem.eql(u8, d.path, path)), "dependency already added, skipping!", .{});
     }
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
     });
 
     //
-    const f = try std.fs.cwd().createFile("./zig.mod", .{});
+    const f = try std.fs.cwd().createFile("zig.mod", .{});
     defer f.close();
 
     const w = f.writer();
diff --git a/src/cmd_fetch.zig b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
index 8c6837ddd8e0d8c800d77365d7ac33034467b252..a6df53b05c6bdeeb6bd6d5585b147205423317e7 100644
--- a/src/cmd_fetch.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
     const home = try known_folders.getPath(gpa, .home);
     const dir = try fs.path.join(gpa, &[_][]const u8{home.?, ".cache", "zigmod", "deps"});
 
-    const top_module = try fetch_deps(dir, "./zig.mod");
+    const top_module = try fetch_deps(dir, "zig.mod");
 
     //
-    const f = try fs.cwd().createFile("./deps.zig", .{});
+    const f = try fs.cwd().createFile("deps.zig", .{});
     defer f.close();
 
     const w = f.writer();
diff --git a/src/cmd_init.zig b/src/cmd_init.zig
index 5a00941ac18b65c3b36d211300ae3ce011341d4c..01fcd86356437ffa1d5881e6e013d7061539b9b8 100644
--- a/src/cmd_init.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_init.zig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
     const name = try detect_pkgname(u.try_index([]const u8, args, 0, ""));
     const mainf = try detct_mainfile(u.try_index([]const u8, args, 1, ""));
 
-    const file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile("./zig.mod", .{});
+    const file = try std.fs.cwd().createFile("zig.mod", .{});
     defer file.close();
 
     const fwriter = file.writer();
diff --git a/src/cmd_sum.zig b/src/cmd_sum.zig
index 5ac461c9754452ba0d0e5503c8389c9151028025..31e28419efd39817fc324727bb5fcec0698aab84 100644
--- a/src/cmd_sum.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_sum.zig
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
     //
     const home = try known_folders.getPath(gpa, .home);
     const dir = try std.fs.path.join(gpa, &[_][]const u8{home.?, ".cache", "zigmod", "deps"});
-    const top_module = try common.collect_deps(dir, "./zig.mod");
+    const top_module = try common.collect_deps(dir, "zig.mod");
     
     //
-    const f = try std.fs.cwd().createFile("./zig.sum", .{});
+    const f = try std.fs.cwd().createFile("zig.sum", .{});
     defer f.close();
     const w = f.writer();