diff --git a/pythonx/cm_sources/phpactor.py b/pythonx/cm_sources/phpactor.py
index 9f30373..dd9bc15 100644
--- a/pythonx/cm_sources/phpactor.py
+++ b/pythonx/cm_sources/phpactor.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def cm_refresh(self, info, ctx, *args):
                                 stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                 stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-                                cwd=self.nvim.eval('getcwd()'))
+                                cwd=self.nvim.eval('g:phpactorInitialCwd').splitlines()[0])
 
         result, errs = proc.communicate(src, timeout=30)