diff --git a/src/cmd/eval.rs b/src/cmd/eval.rs
index 950dcc3..677c1fe 100644
--- a/src/cmd/eval.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/eval.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ pub fn handle_cmd(parsed_args: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), NixError> {
     let expr = parsed_args
         .get_one::<String>("expr")
         .ok_or("You must use the '--expr' option. Nothing else is implemented :)")?;
-    print_value(&execution::evaluate(expr)?);
+
+    let current_dir = std::env::current_dir().map_err(|_| "Couldn't get the current directory")?;
+
+    print_value(&execution::evaluate(expr, &current_dir)?);
     println!();
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/eval/execution.rs b/src/eval/execution.rs
index c60a474..b7303cb 100644
--- a/src/eval/execution.rs
+++ b/src/eval/execution.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::env::current_dir;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Once;
 
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ use super::types::js_value_to_nix;
 
 static INIT_V8: Once = Once::new();
 
-pub fn evaluate(nix_expr: &str) -> EvalResult {
+pub fn evaluate(nix_expr: &str, workdir: &Path) -> EvalResult {
     initialize_v8();
     // Declare the V8 execution context
     let isolate = &mut v8::Isolate::new(Default::default());
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ pub fn evaluate(nix_expr: &str) -> EvalResult {
 
     let root_nix_fn = nix_expr_to_js_function(scope, nix_expr)?;
 
-    nix_value_from_module(scope, root_nix_fn, nixjs_rt_obj)
+    nix_value_from_module(scope, root_nix_fn, nixjs_rt_obj, workdir)
 }
 
 fn nix_expr_to_js_function<'s>(
@@ -170,20 +169,15 @@ fn initialize_v8() {
 
 fn nix_value_from_module(
     scope: &mut v8::ContextScope<v8::HandleScope>,
-    nix_value: v8::Local<v8::Function>,
+    nix_module_fn: v8::Local<v8::Function>,
     nixjs_rt_obj: v8::Local<v8::Object>,
+    workdir: &Path,
 ) -> EvalResult {
     let nixrt: v8::Local<v8::Value> = nixjs_rt_obj.into();
 
-    let eval_ctx = create_eval_ctx(
-        scope,
-        &nixrt,
-        &current_dir().map_err(|err| {
-            format!("Failed to determine the current working directory. Error: {err}")
-        })?,
-    )?;
+    let eval_ctx = create_eval_ctx(scope, &nixrt, workdir)?;
 
-    let nix_value = call_js_function(scope, &nix_value, nixjs_rt_obj, &[eval_ctx.into()])?;
+    let nix_value = call_js_function(scope, &nix_module_fn, nixjs_rt_obj, &[eval_ctx.into()])?;
 
     let to_strict_fn: v8::Local<v8::Function> =
         try_get_js_object_key(scope, &nixrt, "recursiveStrict")?
diff --git a/src/tests/mod.rs b/src/tests/mod.rs
index 5ae6b1e..04cd910 100644
--- a/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -15,18 +15,17 @@ mod literals;
 mod operators;
 
 fn eval_ok(nix_expr: &str) -> Value {
-    match evaluate(nix_expr) {
+    let workdir = std::env::current_dir().unwrap();
+    match evaluate(nix_expr, &workdir) {
         Ok(val) => val,
-        Err(err) => panic!(
-            "eval '{}' shouldn't fail.\nError message: {}",
-            nix_expr, err
-        ),
+        Err(err) => panic!("eval '{nix_expr}' shouldn't fail.\nError message: {err:?}",),
     }
 }
 
 fn eval_err(nix_expr: &str) -> NixErrorKind {
-    evaluate(nix_expr)
-        .expect_err(&format!("eval '{}' expected an error", nix_expr))
+    let workdir = std::env::current_dir().unwrap();
+    evaluate(nix_expr, &workdir)
+        .expect_err(&format!("eval '{nix_expr}' expected an error"))
         .kind
 }