diff --git a/crates/cli/src/utils/mod.rs b/crates/cli/src/utils/mod.rs
index eab7a5b141e9..38467d539201 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -363,11 +363,12 @@ impl<'a> Git<'a> {
     }
 
     pub fn fetch(
+        self,
         shallow: bool,
         remote: impl AsRef<OsStr>,
         branch: Option<impl AsRef<OsStr>>,
     ) -> Result<()> {
-        Self::cmd_no_root()
+        self.cmd()
             .stderr(Stdio::inherit())
             .arg("fetch")
             .args(shallow.then_some("--no-tags"))
diff --git a/crates/forge/bin/cmd/init.rs b/crates/forge/bin/cmd/init.rs
index bfe69889843a..150a1fab713d 100644
--- a/crates/forge/bin/cmd/init.rs
+++ b/crates/forge/bin/cmd/init.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl InitArgs {
 
             // fetch the template - always fetch shallow for templates since git history will be
             // collapsed. gitmodules will be initialized after the template is fetched
-            Git::fetch(true, &template, branch)?;
+            git.fetch(true, &template, branch)?;
             // reset git history to the head of the template
             // first get the commit hash that was fetched
             let commit_hash = git.commit_hash(true, "FETCH_HEAD")?;
diff --git a/crates/forge/tests/cli/cmd.rs b/crates/forge/tests/cli/cmd.rs
index 4d7666ef50db..4e31f864a017 100644
--- a/crates/forge/tests/cli/cmd.rs
+++ b/crates/forge/tests/cli/cmd.rs
@@ -278,6 +278,42 @@ forgetest!(can_init_with_dir, |prj: TestProject, mut cmd: TestCommand| {
     assert!(prj.root().join("foobar").exists());
 });
 
+// `forge init foobar --template [template]` works with dir argument
+forgetest!(can_init_with_dir_and_template, |prj: TestProject, mut cmd: TestCommand| {
+    cmd.args(["init", "foobar", "--template", "foundry-rs/forge-template"]);
+
+    cmd.assert_success();
+    cmd.assert_non_empty_stdout();
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/.git").exists());
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/foundry.toml").exists());
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/lib/forge-std").exists());
+    // assert that gitmodules were correctly initialized
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/.git/modules").exists());
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/src").exists());
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/test").exists());
+});
+
+// `forge init foobar --template [template] --branch [branch]` works with dir argument
+forgetest!(can_init_with_dir_and_template_and_branch, |prj: TestProject, mut cmd: TestCommand| {
+    cmd.args([
+        "init",
+        "foobar",
+        "--template",
+        "foundry-rs/forge-template",
+        "--branch",
+        "test/deployments",
+    ]);
+
+    cmd.assert_success();
+    cmd.assert_non_empty_stdout();
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/.dapprc").exists());
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/lib/ds-test").exists());
+    // assert that gitmodules were correctly initialized
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/.git/modules").exists());
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/src").exists());
+    assert!(prj.root().join("foobar/scripts").exists());
+});
+
 // `forge init --force` works on non-empty dirs
 forgetest!(can_init_non_empty, |prj: TestProject, mut cmd: TestCommand| {
     prj.create_file("README.md", "non-empty dir");