diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 617d63d..e0cdd51 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func openConsole(prof Profile, profileCount int, terminal, tailFile string) {
 			fmt.Fprintf(script, "trap 'kill $TAIL_PID 2>/dev/null; wait $TAIL_PID 2>/dev/null' INT\n")
 			fmt.Fprintf(script, "wait $TAIL_PID\n")
 		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(script, "cd ~\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(script, "cd %q\n", configDir())
 		fmt.Fprintf(script, "exec %s -l\n", shell)
 		script.Close()
 		os.Chmod(script.Name(), 0700)
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ func openConsole(prof Profile, profileCount int, terminal, tailFile string) {
 			fmt.Fprintf(script, "echo.\r\n")
 			fmt.Fprintf(script, "powershell -Command \"Get-Content -Path '%s' -Wait\"\r\n", tailFile)
 		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(script, "cd /d %q\r\n", configDir())
 		fmt.Fprintf(script, "cmd /k\r\n")
 		script.Close()
 		cmd = exec.Command("cmd", "/c", "start", "", script.Name())
@@ -372,9 +373,9 @@ func openConsole(prof Profile, profileCount int, terminal, tailFile string) {
 		}
 		var script string
 		if tailFile != "" {
-			script = fmt.Sprintf("clear; echo '%s'; echo '%s'; tail -n +1 -f %q; exec %s", consoleMsg, tailMsg, tailFile, shell)
+			script = fmt.Sprintf("cd %q; clear; echo '%s'; echo '%s'; tail -n +1 -f %q; exec %s", configDir(), consoleMsg, tailMsg, tailFile, shell)
 		} else {
-			script = fmt.Sprintf("clear; echo '%s'; exec %s", consoleMsg, shell)
+			script = fmt.Sprintf("cd %q; clear; echo '%s'; exec %s", configDir(), consoleMsg, shell)
 		}
 		cmd = exec.Command(term, "-e", shell, "-c", script)
 		cmd.Env = env