diff --git a/procstreams.js b/procstreams.js
index 6a6c78e..9cb5f4d 100644
--- a/procstreams.js
+++ b/procstreams.js
@@ -127,19 +127,33 @@ function collect() {
 function procStream(cmd, args, opts, callback) {
   if(!cmd) { throw new Error('Missing command'); }
 
-  var proc = null, o = null;
+  var proc = null, o = null, cwd = null;
 
   // get the args to create a new procstream
-  o = normalizeArguments(cmd, args, opts, callback);
-  cmd = o.cmd;
-  args = o.args;
-  opts = o.opts;
-  callback = o.callback;
+  if(cmd.cmd) {
+    o = cmd;
+    cmd = o.cmd;
+    args = o.args;
+    opts = o.opts;
+    callback = o.callback;
+  }
+  else {
+    o = normalizeArguments(cmd, args, opts, callback);
+    cmd = o.cmd;
+    args = o.args;
+    opts = o.opts;
+    callback = o.callback;
+  }
+
+  cwd = opts.cwd;
 
   // this is a process object
   if(isProcess(cmd)) {
     // this is already a procstream
     if(procStream.is(cmd)) {
+      if(cwd && !cmd._cwd) {
+        cmd._cwd = cwd;
+      }
       cmd.on('close', callback);
       return cmd;
     } else {
@@ -156,6 +170,10 @@ function procStream(cmd, args, opts, callback) {
     proc._args = o;
   }
 
+  if(cwd && !proc._cwd) {
+    proc._cwd = cwd;
+  }
+
   var onExit = function(errCode, signal) {
     var err = this._err || {};
 
@@ -240,19 +258,19 @@ procStream._prototype = {
   }
   , and: function and() {
     var args = slice.call(arguments)
-      , dest = new procPromise(args);
+      , dest = new procPromise(args, this._cwd);
 
     this.on('close', function(code, signal) {
       if(code === 0) {
-        dest.resolve(args);
+        dest.resolve();
       }
     });
 
     return dest;
   }
-  , or: function or() {
+  , or: function or(cmd, args, opts, cwd, callback) {
     var args = slice.call(arguments)
-      , dest = new procPromise(args);
+      , dest = new procPromise(args, this._cwd);
 
     this.on('close', function(code, signal) {
       if(code !== 0) {
@@ -262,9 +280,9 @@ procStream._prototype = {
 
     return dest;
   }
-  , then: function then() {
+  , then: function then(cmd, args, opts, callback) {
     var args = slice.call(arguments)
-      , dest = new procPromise(args);
+      , dest = new procPromise(args, this._cwd);
 
     this.on('close', function(code, signal) {
       dest.resolve();
@@ -300,11 +318,18 @@ procStream._prototype = {
 }
 inherits(procStream, EventEmitter, procStream._prototype);
 
-function procPromise(args) {
-  this._args = args;
+function procPromise(args, cwd) {
+  this._args = normalizeArguments.apply(null, args);
   this._resolved = false;
   this._proc = null;
 
+  if(this._args.opts.cwd) {
+    this._cwd = this._args.opts.cwd;
+  }
+  else {
+    this._args.opts.cwd = this._cwd = cwd;
+  }
+
   this.resolve = procPromise.prototype.resolve.bind(this);
   this.reject = procPromise.prototype.reject.bind(this);
 }
@@ -313,7 +338,7 @@ procPromise._prototype = {
     if(this._resolved) { return this._proc; }
     this._resolved = true;
 
-    this._proc = procStream.apply(null, this._args);
+    this._proc = procStream.call(null, this._args);
     this._proc._events = utils.mixin({}, this._proc._events, this._events);
 
     return this._proc;
@@ -322,4 +347,4 @@ procPromise._prototype = {
 }
 inherits(procPromise, procStream, procPromise._prototype);
 
-module.exports = procStream;
+module.exports = procStream;
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diff --git a/tests/bin/cwd-test.js b/tests/bin/cwd-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f0329a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bin/cwd-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+var fs = require('fs');
+
+fs.readFile('./cwd-test-file.txt', function (err, file) {
+  if(err) {
+    console.error(err);
+  }
+  else {
+    console.log(file.toString());
+  }
+});
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/cwd-test-file.txt b/tests/fixtures/cwd-test-file.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a85bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/cwd-test-file.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fixtures dir
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/subdir/cwd-test-file.txt b/tests/fixtures/subdir/cwd-test-file.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bbe8a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/subdir/cwd-test-file.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+subdir
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diff --git a/tests/test-options.js b/tests/test-options.js
index 35f9705..39e16d5 100644
--- a/tests/test-options.js
+++ b/tests/test-options.js
@@ -47,3 +47,23 @@ test('stderr option sends stderr to provided stream', function(assert) {
   })
   $p('node tests/bin/err-test.js').pipe('cat', { stderr: collector })
 })
+
+test('cwd option carries over from command to command', function(assert) {
+  var t = timers.timer()
+
+  var cwd = __dirname + '/fixtures/subdir'
+
+  $p('node ' + __dirname + '/bin/cwd-test.js', { cwd: cwd })
+    .data(function(err, stdout) {
+      assert.ifError(err)
+      assert.equal('subdir', stdout.toString().trim())
+    })
+    .and('node ' + __dirname + '/bin/cwd-test.js')
+    .data(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
+      assert.ifError(err)
+
+      t.stop()
+      assert.equal('subdir', stdout.toString().trim())
+      assert.end()
+    })
+})