diff --git a/src/cmd_init.zig b/src/cmd_init.zig
index 47c6972beb491375a2514fe5254c15083a882576..b6c3dda1541406f7091f1f826a33fb45cb3609da 100644
--- a/src/cmd_init.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_init.zig
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ fn detect_pkgname(def: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
     if (def.len > 0) {
         return def;
     }
-    const dpath = try std.fs.cwd().realpathAlloc(gpa, ".");
+    const dpath = try std.fs.cwd().realpathAlloc(gpa, "build.zig");
     const split = try u.split(dpath, std.fs.path.sep_str);
-    var name = split[split.len-1];
+    var name = split[split.len-2];
     name = u.trim_prefix(name, "zig-");
     u.assert(name.len > 0, "package name must not be an empty string", .{});
     return name;