diff --git a/apps/ls.cpp b/apps/ls.cpp
index 065772bc..72facc9d 100644
--- a/apps/ls.cpp
+++ b/apps/ls.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     bool show_almost_all { false };
 
     os::ArgumentParser parser;
-    parser.add_positional_argument(pathname, "directory"_sv, "/"_sv);
+    parser.add_positional_argument(pathname, "directory"_sv, "."_sv);
     parser.add_switch_argument(show_all, 'a', "all"_sv);
     parser.add_switch_argument(show_almost_all, 'A', "almost-all"_sv);
     parser.parse(argc, argv);