diff --git a/src/cli/strategies/git-cz.js b/src/cli/strategies/git-cz.js
index df9e2df5..dad0ebf1 100644
--- a/src/cli/strategies/git-cz.js
+++ b/src/cli/strategies/git-cz.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as gitStrategy from './git';
 // destructure for shorter apis
 let { parse } = gitCzParser;
 
-let { getPrompter, resolveAdapterPath } = adapter;
+let { getPrompter, resolveAdapterPath, getGitRootPath } = adapter;
 let { isClean } = staging;
 
 export default gitCz;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function gitCz (rawGitArgs, environment, adapterConfig) {
     let adapterPackageJson = getParsedPackageJsonFromPath(resolvedAdapterRootPath);
     let cliPackageJson = getParsedPackageJsonFromPath(environment.cliPath);
     console.log(`cz-cli@${cliPackageJson.version}, ${adapterPackageJson.name}@${adapterPackageJson.version}\n`);
-    commit(inquirer, process.cwd(), prompter, {
+    commit(inquirer, getGitRootPath(), prompter, {
       args: parsedGitCzArgs,
       disableAppendPaths: true,
       emitData: true,
diff --git a/src/commitizen/adapter.js b/src/commitizen/adapter.js
index 717f7341..8818615b 100644
--- a/src/commitizen/adapter.js
+++ b/src/commitizen/adapter.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export {
   resolveAdapterPath,
   getYarnAddStringMappings,
   generateYarnAddAdapterCommand,
+  getGitRootPath,
 };
 
 /**