diff --git a/packages/cli/bin/scaffold.js b/packages/cli/bin/scaffold.js
index f817ac50d..df8aea5a5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/bin/scaffold.js
+++ b/packages/cli/bin/scaffold.js
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ const mkdirsAsync = require('./utils').mkdirsAsync;
  */
 const scaffold = (projectDir, sourceDir, publicDir, exportDir) =>
   wrapAsync(function*() {
-    if (!fs.existsSync(path.resolve(projectDir, 'package.json'))) {
-      execa.sync('npm', ['init', '-y']);
+    const projectPath = path.join(process.cwd(), projectDir);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(projectPath, 'package.json'))) {
+      execa.sync('npm', ['init', '-y'], {
+        cwd: projectPath,
+      });
     }
     /**
      * Create mandatory files structure