diff --git a/exwm-manage.el b/exwm-manage.el
index d1eeaa7..ab66e29 100644
--- a/exwm-manage.el
+++ b/exwm-manage.el
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ This only works when procfs is mounted, which may not be the case on some BSDs."
               (pid (slot-value response 'value))
               (cwd (file-symlink-p (format "/proc/%d/cwd" pid)))
               ((file-accessible-directory-p cwd)))
-        (setq default-directory cwd)
+        (setq default-directory (file-name-as-directory cwd))
       (setq default-directory (expand-file-name "~/")))))