diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/worker.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/worker.ts
index 4452d6d764aa..82404d621faf 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/worker.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ const startEventStream = (directory: string) => {
   })
 }
 
-startEventStream(process.cwd())
+startEventStream(process.env.PWD ?? process.cwd())
 
 export const rpc = {
   async fetch(input: { url: string; method: string; headers: Record<string, string>; body?: string }) {