diff --git a/src/cmd/init.zig b/src/cmd/init.zig
index be87f7787824ef74ba1f41c3dbeeafe23677f97e..596ff7a552b36fab51b3ccd430d4692c0bfc3f69 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/init.zig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const u = @import("./../util/index.zig");
 //
 
 pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
-    const name = u.detect_pkgname(u.try_index([]const u8, args, 0, ""), null) catch |err| switch (err) {
+    const name = u.detect_pkgname(u.try_index([]const u8, args, 0, ""), "") catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.NoBuildZig => {
             u.assert(false, "init requires a build.zig file", .{});
             unreachable;
diff --git a/src/common.zig b/src/common.zig
index 633270a4da260355ca6e133baef0d32967f13faf..80d6c7cec91174255e22bd026d1d7bbdfd503a1f 100644
--- a/src/common.zig
+++ b/src/common.zig
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ pub fn get_module_from_dep(d: *u.Dep, dir: []const u8, parent_name: []const u8,
                         return null;
                     }
                     const moddirO = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(moddir, .{});
-                    const tryname = try u.detect_pkgname("", moddirO);
+                    const tryname = try u.detect_pkgname("", moddir);
                     const trymain = u.detct_mainfile("", moddirO, tryname) catch |err| switch (err) {
                         error.CantFindMain => null,
                         else => return err,
diff --git a/src/util/funcs.zig b/src/util/funcs.zig
index 4cc1184a461b4dfd5f3ea96cdadd52781df1db4a..aa327aeff46da35d74f7a06045e60cf934d926d6 100644
--- a/src/util/funcs.zig
+++ b/src/util/funcs.zig
@@ -265,14 +265,14 @@ pub fn slice(comptime T: type, input: []const T, from: usize, to: usize) []const
     return input[f..t];
 }
 
-pub fn detect_pkgname(override: []const u8, dir: ?std.fs.Dir) ![]const u8 {
+pub fn detect_pkgname(override: []const u8, dir: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
     if (override.len > 0) {
         return override;
     }
-    if (!(try does_file_exist("build.zig", dir))) {
+    if (!(try does_file_exist("build.zig", try std.fs.cwd().openDir(dir, .{})))) {
         return error.NoBuildZig;
     }
-    const dpath = try (dir orelse std.fs.cwd()).realpathAlloc(gpa, "build.zig");
+    const dpath = try std.fs.realpathAlloc(gpa, try std.mem.concat(gpa, u8, &.{ dir, "build.zig" }));
     const splitP = try split(dpath, std.fs.path.sep_str);
     var name = splitP[splitP.len - 2];
     name = trim_prefix(name, "zig-");
diff --git a/src/util/modfile.zig b/src/util/modfile.zig
index 43709bd8902446b983f6a38371fcfc85a41e4524..2625607542968c6778c08c768c711fce9215bc0a 100644
--- a/src/util/modfile.zig
+++ b/src/util/modfile.zig
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ pub const ModFile = struct {
     root_files: []const []const u8,
     files: []const []const u8,
 
-    pub fn init(alloc: *std.mem.Allocator, fpath: []const u8) !Self {
-        //
-        const mpath = try std.fs.realpathAlloc(alloc, fpath);
-        const file = try std.fs.openFileAbsolute(mpath, .{});
+    pub fn init(alloc: *std.mem.Allocator, mpath: []const u8) !Self {
+        const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(mpath, .{});
         defer file.close();
         const input = try file.reader().readAllAlloc(alloc, mb);
         const doc = try yaml.parse(alloc, input);