From 003ec21c422dcd9f942a9e44cf2bf70659d913e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Giers <mail@victorgiers.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 04:14:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update backend process working directory based on backend
 type

---
 src-tauri/src/lib.rs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index e235922..8be890d 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -236,9 +236,13 @@ fn run_backend(app: &AppHandle, backend: &Backend, input: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8
     if let Err(err) = std::fs::create_dir_all(&data_dir) {
         return Err(format!("Failed to create backend data directory: {err}"));
     }
+    let cwd = match backend {
+        Backend::Source { .. } => repo_root(),
+        Backend::Sidecar(_) => data_dir.clone(),
+    };
 
     let mut child = match command_for_backend(backend)
-        .current_dir(repo_root())
+        .current_dir(cwd)
         .env("CONCEPT_MAKER_DATA_DIR", &data_dir)
         .env(
             "PATH",