diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 882666c..253152d 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -6366,16 +6366,29 @@ const { Octokit } = __nccwpck_require__(231);
 const core = __nccwpck_require__(186);
 const github = __nccwpck_require__(438);
 const { execSync } = __nccwpck_require__(129);
+const { existsSync } = __nccwpck_require__(747);
+const { join } = __nccwpck_require__(622);
 
 const { runId, repo: { repo, owner }, eventName } = github.context;
 process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN = process.argv[2];
 const mainBranchName = process.argv[3];
 const errorOnNoSuccessfulWorkflow = process.argv[4];
 const lastSuccessfulEvent = process.argv[5];
-const workflowId = process.argv[6];
+const workingDirectory = process.argv[6];
+const workflowId = process.argv[7];
+const defaultWorkingDirectory = '.';
 
 let BASE_SHA;
 (async () => {
+  if (workingDirectory !== defaultWorkingDirectory) {
+    if (existsSync(workingDirectory)) {
+      process.chdir(join(__dirname, workingDirectory));
+    } else {
+      process.stdout.write('\n');
+      process.stdout.write(`WARNING: Working directory '${workingDirectory}' doesn't exist.\n`);
+    }
+  }
+
   const HEAD_SHA = execSync(`git rev-parse HEAD`, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
 
   if (eventName === 'pull_request') {
@@ -6397,7 +6410,7 @@ let BASE_SHA;
         process.stdout.write(`WARNING: Unable to find a successful workflow run on 'origin/${mainBranchName}'\n`);
         process.stdout.write(`We are therefore defaulting to use HEAD~1 on 'origin/${mainBranchName}'\n`);
         process.stdout.write('\n');
-        process.stdout.write(`NOTE: You can instead make this a hard error by settting 'error-on-no-successful-workflow' on the action in your workflow.\n`);
+        process.stdout.write(`NOTE: You can instead make this a hard error by setting 'error-on-no-successful-workflow' on the action in your workflow.\n`);
 
         BASE_SHA = execSync(`git rev-parse HEAD~1`, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
         core.setOutput('noPreviousBuild', 'true');
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8e886aa..8cda85b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.1.6",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c186780..b18609c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.1.6",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "This package.json is here purely to control the version of the Action, in combination with https://github.com/JamesHenry/publish-shell-action",
   "scripts": {