diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 85bec5f3b..f1ac02b3c 100755
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -8,31 +8,33 @@ branding:
 inputs:
   token:
     description: "Your github token"
-  projectToken: 
+  projectToken:
     description: "Your chromatic project token"
-  appCode: 
+  workingDir:
+    description: "Working directory for the package.json file"
+  appCode:
     description: "Deprecated, please use projectToken instead"
-  buildScriptName: 
+  buildScriptName:
     description: "The npm script that builds your Storybook [build-storybook]"
-  doNotStart: 
+  doNotStart:
     description: "Do not attempt to start or build; use if your Storybook is already running"
-  exec: 
+  exec:
     description: "Alternatively, a full command to run to start your storybook"
-  scriptName: 
+  scriptName:
     description: "The npm script that starts your Storybook [storybook]"
-  storybookBuildDir: 
+  storybookBuildDir:
     description: "Provide a directory with your built storybook; use if you have already built your storybook"
-  storybookCa: 
+  storybookCa:
     description: "Use if Storybook is running on https (auto detected from -s, if set)"
-  storybookCert: 
+  storybookCert:
     description: "Use if Storybook is running on https (auto detected from -s, if set)"
-  storybookHttps: 
+  storybookHttps:
     description: "Use if Storybook is running on https (auto detected from -s, if set)"
-  storybookKey: 
+  storybookKey:
     description: "Use if Storybook is running on https (auto detected from -s, if set)"
-  storybookPort: 
+  storybookPort:
     description: "What port is your Storybook running on (auto detected from -s, if set)"
-  storybookUrl: 
+  storybookUrl:
     description: "Storybook is already running at (external) url (implies -S)"
   preserveMissing:
     description: "Pass the baselines forward and treat all missing stories as “preserved” without re-capturing them"
@@ -45,6 +47,6 @@ inputs:
   exitOnceUploaded:
     description: "Exit with 0 once the built version has been sent to chromatic: boolean or branchname"
 
-runs: 
+runs:
   main: action/register.js
   using: node12
diff --git a/action/main.js b/action/main.js
index 390932000..bd2ad6859 100644
--- a/action/main.js
+++ b/action/main.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ var github_1 = require("@actions/github");
 var jsonfile_1 = require("jsonfile");
 var pkg_up_1 = __importDefault(require("pkg-up"));
 var uuid_1 = require("uuid");
+var path_1 = __importDefault(require("path"));
 var getEnv_1 = __importDefault(require("../bin/lib/getEnv"));
 var log_1 = require("../bin/lib/log");
 var parseArgs_1 = __importDefault(require("../bin/lib/parseArgs"));
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ function runChromatic(options) {
 }
 function run() {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function () {
-        var commit, branch, sha, projectToken, buildScriptName, scriptName, exec, skip, doNotStart, storybookPort, storybookUrl, storybookBuildDir, storybookHttps, storybookCert, storybookKey, storybookCa, preserveMissing, autoAcceptChanges, allowConsoleErrors, exitZeroOnChanges, exitOnceUploaded, ignoreLastBuildOnBranch, chromatic, _a, url, code, e_1;
+        var commit, branch, sha, projectToken, workingDir, buildScriptName, scriptName, exec, skip, doNotStart, storybookPort, storybookUrl, storybookBuildDir, storybookHttps, storybookCert, storybookKey, storybookCa, preserveMissing, autoAcceptChanges, allowConsoleErrors, exitZeroOnChanges, exitOnceUploaded, ignoreLastBuildOnBranch, chromatic, _a, url, code, e_1;
         return __generator(this, function (_b) {
             switch (_b.label) {
                 case 0:
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ function run() {
                 case 1:
                     _b.trys.push([1, 3, , 4]);
                     projectToken = core_1.getInput('projectToken') || core_1.getInput('appCode');
+                    workingDir = core_1.getInput('workingDir');
                     buildScriptName = core_1.getInput('buildScriptName');
                     scriptName = core_1.getInput('scriptName');
                     exec = core_1.getInput('exec');
@@ -173,8 +175,10 @@ function run() {
                     ignoreLastBuildOnBranch = core_1.getInput('ignoreLastBuildOnBranch');
                     process.env.CHROMATIC_SHA = sha;
                     process.env.CHROMATIC_BRANCH = branch;
+                    process.chdir(path_1["default"].join(process.cwd(), workingDir || ''));
                     chromatic = runChromatic({
                         projectToken: projectToken,
+                        workingDir: maybe(workingDir),
                         buildScriptName: maybe(buildScriptName),
                         scriptName: maybe(scriptName),
                         exec: maybe(exec),
diff --git a/action/main.ts b/action/main.ts
index 377532cac..b300c56c9 100755
--- a/action/main.ts
+++ b/action/main.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { context } from '@actions/github';
 import { readFile } from 'jsonfile';
 import pkgUp from 'pkg-up';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
+import path from 'path';
 
 import getEnv from '../bin/lib/getEnv';
 import { createLogger } from '../bin/lib/log';
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ async function run() {
 
   try {
     const projectToken = getInput('projectToken') || getInput('appCode'); // backwards compatibility
+    const workingDir = getInput('workingDir');
     const buildScriptName = getInput('buildScriptName');
     const scriptName = getInput('scriptName');
     const exec = getInput('exec');
@@ -119,9 +121,11 @@ async function run() {
 
     process.env.CHROMATIC_SHA = sha;
     process.env.CHROMATIC_BRANCH = branch;
+    process.chdir(path.join(process.cwd(), workingDir || ''));
 
     const chromatic = runChromatic({
       projectToken,
+      workingDir: maybe(workingDir),
       buildScriptName: maybe(buildScriptName),
       scriptName: maybe(scriptName),
       exec: maybe(exec),