diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ec3c924e..a0be2e520 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 <!-- markdownlint-disable -->
 # Geodesic [![Build Status](https://github.com/cloudposse/geodesic/workflows/docker/badge.svg)](https://github.com/cloudposse/geodesic/actions?query=workflow%3Adocker) [![FOSSA Status](https://app.fossa.io/api/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fcloudposse%2Fgeodesic.svg?type=shield)](https://app.fossa.io/projects/git%2Bgithub.com%2Fcloudposse%2Fgeodesic?ref=badge_shield) [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/cloudposse/geodesic.svg)](https://github.com/cloudposse/geodesic/releases/latest) [![Slack Community](https://slack.cloudposse.com/badge.svg)](https://slack.cloudposse.com) [![Slack Archive](https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-archive-blue.svg)](https://archive.sweetops.com/geodesic)
 <!-- markdownlint-restore -->
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ It provides a fully customizable framework for defining and building cloud infra
 
 It's works natively with Mac OSX, Linux, and [Windows 10 (WSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10).
 
-
 ---
 
 This project is part of our comprehensive ["SweetOps"](https://cpco.io/sweetops) approach towards DevOps.
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ It's 100% Open Source and licensed under the [APACHE2](LICENSE).
 
 
 
-
 ## Screenshots
 
 
@@ -108,6 +107,10 @@ chip takes several years to establish; we hope we will not have to wait that lon
 
 Want to learn more? [Check out our getting started with Geodesic guide!](https://docs.cloudposse.com/tutorials/geodesic-getting-started/)
 
+
+
+
+
 ## Usage
 
 
@@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ Like this project? Please give it a ★ on [our GitHub](https://github.com/cloud
 Are you using this project or any of our other projects? Consider [leaving a testimonial][testimonial]. =)
 
 
+
 ## Related Projects
 
 Check out these related projects.
@@ -203,8 +207,6 @@ Check out these related projects.
 - [Build Harness](https://github.com/cloudposse/dev) - Collection of Makefiles to facilitate building Golang projects, Dockerfiles, Helm charts, and more
 - [terraform-aws-components](https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-components) - Catalog of reusable Terraform components and blueprints for provisioning reference architectures
 
-
-
 ## Help
 
 **Got a question?** We got answers.
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ In general, PRs are welcome. We follow the typical "fork-and-pull" Git workflow.
 
 ## Copyright
 
-Copyright © 2017-2021 [Cloud Posse, LLC](https://cpco.io/copyright)
+Copyright © 2017-2022 [Cloud Posse, LLC](https://cpco.io/copyright)
 
 
 
diff --git a/os/alpine/Dockerfile.alpine b/os/alpine/Dockerfile.alpine
index 622303b83..d28cc0305 100644
--- a/os/alpine/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/os/alpine/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.13.5
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.13.7
 # https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes
-ARG GOOGLE_CLOUD_SDK_VERSION=352.0.0
+ARG GOOGLE_CLOUD_SDK_VERSION=369.0.0
 # https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/releases
 ARG KUBECTX_COMPLETION_VERSION=0.9.4
+# https://github.com/jonmosco/kube-ps1/releases
+ARG KUBE_PS1_VERSION=0.7.0
 
 #
 # Python Dependencies
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahmetb/kubectx/v${KUBECTX_COMPLETION_VERSI
 #
 # Install fancy Kube PS1 Prompt
 #
-ENV KUBE_PS1_VERSION 0.7.0
+ARG KUBE_PS1_VERSION
 ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jonmosco/kube-ps1/v${KUBE_PS1_VERSION}/kube-ps1.sh /etc/profile.d/prompt:kube-ps1.sh
 
 
diff --git a/os/debian/Dockerfile.debian b/os/debian/Dockerfile.debian
index 6753659af..8a46f0e45 100644
--- a/os/debian/Dockerfile.debian
+++ b/os/debian/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=10.10-slim
+ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=10.11-slim
 # https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes
-ARG GOOGLE_CLOUD_SDK_VERSION=352.0.0-0
+ARG GOOGLE_CLOUD_SDK_VERSION=369.0.0-0
 # https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/releases
 ARG KUBECTX_COMPLETION_VERSION=0.9.4
+# https://github.com/jonmosco/kube-ps1/releases
+ARG KUBE_PS1_VERSION=0.7.0
 
 FROM debian:$DEBIAN_VERSION as python
 # Find the current version of Python at https://www.python.org/downloads/source/
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.8.11
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.8.12
 
 # Debian comes with minimal Locale support. See https://github.com/docker-library/docs/pull/703/files
 # Recommended: LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahmetb/kubectx/v${KUBECTX_COMPLETION_VERSI
 #
 # Install fancy Kube PS1 Prompt
 # https://github.com/jonmosco/kube-ps1/releases
-ENV KUBE_PS1_VERSION 0.7.0
+ARG KUBE_PS1_VERSION
 ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jonmosco/kube-ps1/v${KUBE_PS1_VERSION}/kube-ps1.sh /etc/profile.d/prompt:kube-ps1.sh
 
 
diff --git a/packages.txt b/packages.txt
index 0e1939c58..d0d3aa7f2 100644
--- a/packages.txt
+++ b/packages.txt
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ helm3@cloudposse
 helmfile@cloudposse
 jq
 kops@cloudposse
-# The latest version of kubectl is wrong for all of our customers, so do not install it.
-# Instead, install a compatible version. For now, track the latest AWS EKS version.
-kubectl-1.16@cloudposse
+# The latest version of kubectl is wrong for most of our customers, so do not install it.
+# Instead, install a compatible version. For now, track the latest AWS EKS version,
+# which will support the previous and current EKS versions, and support the newly
+# released next version until we later update this to follow.
+kubectl-1.21@cloudposse
 kubectx@cloudposse
 kubens@cloudposse
 less
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/init.d/atmos.sh b/rootfs/etc/init.d/atmos.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 51fb9d7e9..000000000
--- a/rootfs/etc/init.d/atmos.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# check if atmos base path is unset and verify that the stacks and components dir is in current directory
-if [ -z $ATMOS_BASE_PATH ] && [ -d "${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}/stacks" -a -d "${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}/components" ]; then
-  export ATMOS_BASE_PATH=${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}
-  echo "Set ATMOS_BASE_PATH = ${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}"
-fi
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/profile.d/_workdir.sh b/rootfs/etc/profile.d/_workdir.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b977cb09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs/etc/profile.d/_workdir.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Files in the profile.d directory are executed by the lexicographical order of their file names.
+# This file sets the working directory inside Geodesic to match the host directory Geodesic
+# was launched from, if possible. If the host directory is not accessible, it sets the working directory to `/`.
+#
+# This file is named _workdir.sh. The leading underscore is needed to ensure this file executes before
+# other files that may depend on it. The "w" is needed to ensure it is loaded *after* _preferences.sh
+#
+
+function _file_device() {
+	df --output=source "$1" | tail -1
+}
+
+# file_on_host is true when the argument is a file or directory that appears to be on the Host file system.
+# Intended to support files on user-defined bind mounts in addition to `/localhost`.
+# This function is run by the command line prompt setup, so it should be very fast.
+# Therefore we cache some info in the environment.
+if df -a | grep -q /localhost; then
+	export GEODESIC_LOCALHOST_DEVICE=$(_file_device /localhost)
+else
+	export GEODESIC_LOCALHOST_MISSING=true
+fi
+
+function file_on_host() {
+	[[ $GEODESIC_LOCALHOST_MISSING != "true" ]] && [[ $(_file_device "$1") == ${GEODESIC_LOCALHOST_DEVICE} ]]
+}
+
+function _default_initial_wd() {
+	if [[ -d /stacks ]]; then
+		# Newer default using `atmos` and stacks
+		export GEODESIC_WORKDIR="/"
+	else
+		# Older default working directory
+		export GEODESIC_WORKDIR="/conf"
+	fi
+	red "# Defaulting initial working directory to \"${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}\""
+}
+
+# You can set GEODESIC_WORKDIR in your Geodesic preferences to have full control of your starting working directory
+if [[ -d $GEODESIC_WORKDIR ]]; then
+	[[ $SHLVL == 1 ]] && green "# Initial working directory configured as ${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}"
+else
+	if [[ -d $GEODESIC_HOST_CWD ]]; then
+		if [[ -n $LOCAL_HOME ]] && $(file_on_host "$GEODESIC_HOST_CWD"); then
+			export GEODESIC_WORKDIR=$(readlink -e "${GEODESIC_HOST_CWD}")
+			green "# Initial working directory set from host CWD to ${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}"
+		else
+			red "# Host CWD \"${GEODESIC_HOST_CWD}\" does not appear to be accessible from this container"
+			_default_initial_wd
+		fi
+	else
+		red "# No configured working directory is accessible:"
+		red "#    GEODESIC_WORKDIR is \"$GEODESIC_WORKDIR\""
+		red "#    GEODESIC_HOST_CWD is \"$GEODESIC_HOST_CWD\""
+		_default_initial_wd
+	fi
+fi
+
+[[ $SHLVL == 1 ]] && cd "${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}"
+
+unset -f _default_initial_wd
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/profile.d/atmos.sh b/rootfs/etc/profile.d/atmos.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f33f9b588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs/etc/profile.d/atmos.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+function _configure_atmos_base_path() {
+	# Leave $ATMOS_BASE_PATH alone if it is already set
+	if [[ -n $ATMOS_BASE_PATH ]]; then
+		if [[ $SHLVL == 1 ]]; then
+			green "# Using configured $ATMOS_BASE_PATH of \"$ATMOS_BASE_PATH\""
+		fi
+		return
+	fi
+
+	# If $GEODESIC_WORKDIR contains both a "stacks" and "components" directory,
+	# use it as the $ATMOS_BASE_PATH
+	if [[ -d "${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}/stacks" ]] && [[ -d "${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}/components" ]]; then
+		export ATMOS_BASE_PATH="${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}"
+		green "# Setting ATMOS_BASE_PATH to \"$ATMOS_BASE_PATH\" based on children of workdir"
+		return
+	fi
+
+	# If $GEODESIC_WORKDIR is a descendent of either a "stacks" or "components" directory,
+	# use the parent of that directory as ATMOS_BASE_PATH
+	if [[ "${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}" =~ /(stacks|components)/ ]]; then
+		if [[ "${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}" =~ /stacks/ ]]; then
+			export ATMOS_BASE_PATH="${GEODESIC_WORKDIR%/stacks/*}"
+		else
+			export ATMOS_BASE_PATH="${GEODESIC_WORKDIR%/components/*}"
+		fi
+		green "# Setting ATMOS_BASE_PATH to \"$ATMOS_BASE_PATH\" based on parent of workdir"
+		return
+	fi
+	yellow "# No candidate for ATMOS_BASE_PATH found, leaving it unset"
+}
+
+# Only configure ATMOS_BASE_PATH if we find an `atmos` executable,
+# but otherwise leave the function available for the user to call explicitly.
+# NOTE: If we start shipping `atmos` with Geodesic by default, change this to
+#   [[ -f /usr/local/etc/atmos/atmos.yaml ]] && _configure_atmos_base_path
+command -v atmos >/dev/null && _configure_atmos_base_path && unset -f _configure_atmos_base_path
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/profile.d/prompt.sh b/rootfs/etc/profile.d/prompt.sh
index ffe18541b..862abc352 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/profile.d/prompt.sh
+++ b/rootfs/etc/profile.d/prompt.sh
@@ -61,25 +61,36 @@ function geodesic_prompt() {
 	plain)
 		# 8859-1 codepoints:
 		# '\[' and '\]' are bash prompt delimiters around non-printing characters
-		ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK="\["$(tput bold)$(tput setab 2)"\]»\["$(tput sgr0)"\] " # green
-		ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK=$'· '
-		BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD=$'=> '
-		BANNER_MARK=$'§ '
+		[[ -z $ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK ]] && ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK="\["$(tput bold)$(tput setab 2)"\]»\["$(tput sgr0)"\]" # green
+		[[ -z $ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK ]] && ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK=$'·'
+		[[ -z $BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD ]] && BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD=$'=>'
+		[[ -z $BANNER_MARK ]] && BANNER_MARK=$'§'
 		;;
 
 	unicode)
 		# unicode
-		ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK=$'\u2705 '    # '✅'
-		ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK=$'\u274C '  # '❌'
-		BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD=$'\u27A4 ' # '➤', suggest '▶' may be present in more fonts
-		BANNER_MARK=$'\u29C9 '                # '⧉'
+		[[ -z $ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK ]] && ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK=$'\u2705'       # '✅'
+		[[ -z $ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK ]] && ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK=$'\u274C'   # '❌'
+		[[ -z $BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD ]] && BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD=$'\u27A4' # '➤', suggest '▶' may be present in more fonts
+		[[ -z $BANNER_MARK ]] && BANNER_MARK=$'\u29C9'                               # '⧉'
+		;;
+
+	fancy)
+		# Same as default, except for BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD, because the character used in the
+		# default set, Z NOTATION SCHEMA PIPING, is from the "Supplemental Mathematical Operators" Unicode block
+		# which is not included by default in the Ubuntu terminal font.
+		# See https://github.com/cloudposse/geodesic/issues/417
+		[[ -z $ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK ]] && ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK=$'\x01'$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 2)$'\x02\u221a\x01'$(tput sgr0)$'\x02'     # green bold '√'
+		[[ -z $ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK ]] && ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK=$'\x01'$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 1)$'\x02\u2717\x01'$(tput sgr0)$'\x02' # red bold '✗'
+		[[ -z $BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD ]] && BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD=$'\u27A4' # '➤'
+		[[ -z $BANNER_MARK ]] && BANNER_MARK='⧉' # \u29c9 TWO JOINED SQUARES
 		;;
 
 	*)
 		# default
-		#	ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK=$' \x01'$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 2)$'\x02\u2713 \x01'$(tput sgr0)$'\x02'   # green bold '✓'
-		ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK=$' \x01'$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 2)$'\x02\u221a \x01'$(tput sgr0)$'\x02'   # green bold '√'
-		ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK=$' \x01'$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 1)$'\x02\u2717 \x01'$(tput sgr0)$'\x02' # red bold '✗'
+		#	ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK=$'\x01'$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 2)$'\x02\u2713\x01'$(tput sgr0)$'\x02'   # green bold '✓'
+		[[ -z $ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK ]] && ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK=$'\x01'$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 2)$'\x02\u221a\x01'$(tput sgr0)$'\x02'     # green bold '√'
+		[[ -z $ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK ]] && ASSUME_ROLE_INACTIVE_MARK=$'\x01'$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 1)$'\x02\u2717\x01'$(tput sgr0)$'\x02' # red bold '✗'
 		# Options for arrow per https://github.com/cloudposse/geodesic/issues/417#issuecomment-477836676
 		# '»' ($'\u00bb') RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK from the Latin-1 supplement Unicode block
 		# '≫' ($'\u226b') MUCH GREATER-THAN and
@@ -87,11 +98,15 @@ function geodesic_prompt() {
 		# '➤' ($'\u27a4') BLACK RIGHTWARDS ARROWHEAD from the Dingbats Unicode block
 		# '▶︎' ($'\u25b6\ufe0e') BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE which is sometimes presented as an emoji (as GitHub likes to) '▶️'
 		# '⏩︎' ($'\u23e9\ufe0e') BLACK RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE
-		BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD=$'\u2a20 ' # '⨠' Z NOTATION SCHEMA PIPING
-		BANNER_MARK='⧉ '
+		[[ -z $BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD ]] && BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD=$'\u2a20' # '⨠' Z NOTATION SCHEMA PIPING
+		[[ -z $BANNER_MARK ]] && BANNER_MARK='⧉' # \u29c9 TWO JOINED SQUARES
 		;;
 	esac
 
+	# "(HOST)" with "HOST" in bold red. Only test for unset ("-") instead of unset or null (":-") so that
+	# the feature can be suppressed by setting PROMPT_HOST_MARK to null.
+	[[ -z $PROMPT_HOST_MARK ]] && PROMPT_HOST_MARK="${PROMPT_HOST_MARK-$'(\x01'$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 1)$'\x02HOST\x01'$(tput sgr0)$'\x02)'}"
+
 	local level_prompt
 	case $SHLVL in
 	1) level_prompt='.' ;;
@@ -123,13 +138,13 @@ function geodesic_prompt() {
 	done
 
 	local dir_prompt
-	dir_prompt="${STATUS}${level_prompt} "
-	if [[ $(pwd -P) =~ ^/localhost/ ]]; then
-		dir_prompt+="${ROLE_PROMPT} ("$'\x01'$(tput bold)$(tput setaf 1)$'\x02HOST\x01'$(tput sgr0)$'\x02'") \W "
+	dir_prompt=" ${STATUS} ${level_prompt} "
+	if [[ -n $PROMPT_HOST_MARK ]] && file_on_host "$(pwd -P)"; then
+		dir_prompt+="${ROLE_PROMPT} ${PROMPT_HOST_MARK} \W "
 	else
 		dir_prompt+="${ROLE_PROMPT} \W "
 	fi
-	dir_prompt+=$'${GEODISIC_PROMPT_GLYPHS-$BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD}'
+	dir_prompt+=$'${GEODESIC_PROMPT_GLYPHS-${BLACK_RIGHTWARDS_ARROWHEAD} }'
 
 	update_terraform_prompt
 	local old_kube_ps1_prefix="$KUBE_PS1_PREFIX"
@@ -143,7 +158,7 @@ function geodesic_prompt() {
 			tf_mark="${ASSUME_ROLE_ACTIVE_MARK}"
 		fi
 		if [[ -n ${GEODESIC_TF_PROMPT_LINE} ]]; then
-			tf_prompt="${tf_mark}${GEODESIC_TF_PROMPT_LINE}\n"
+			tf_prompt=" ${tf_mark} ${GEODESIC_TF_PROMPT_LINE}\n"
 		fi
 		if [[ $GEODESIC_TERRAFORM_WORKSPACE_PROMPT_ENABLED == "true" ]]; then
 			KUBE_PS1_PREFIX="$(yellow "cluster:")("
@@ -154,7 +169,8 @@ function geodesic_prompt() {
 	fi
 
 	if [ -n "${BANNER}" ]; then
-		PS1=$' ${BANNER_MARK}'" ${BANNER} $(kube_ps1)${secrets_active}\n${tf_prompt}${dir_prompt}"
+		# Intentional 2 spaces between banner mark and banner in order to offset it from level prompt
+		PS1=$' ${BANNER_MARK}'"  ${BANNER} $(kube_ps1)${secrets_active}\n${tf_prompt}${dir_prompt}"
 	else
 		PS1="${tf_prompt}${dir_prompt}"
 	fi
diff --git a/rootfs/templates/wrapper b/rootfs/templates/wrapper
index e5bfb9577..2814b863e 100755
--- a/rootfs/templates/wrapper
+++ b/rootfs/templates/wrapper
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 # Geodesic Settings
 export GEODESIC_PORT=${GEODESIC_PORT:-$((30000 + $$ % 30000))}
 
-# If this env var is unset, set it to the current directory without the home dir
-export GEODESIC_WORKDIR=${GEODESIC_WORKDIR:-/localhost/${PWD#$HOME/}}
+export GEODESIC_HOST_CWD=$(pwd -P 2>/dev/null || pwd)
 
 readonly OS=$(uname -s)
 
@@ -156,12 +155,15 @@ function use() {
 	if [ "${local_home}" == "/localhost" ]; then
 		echo "WARNING: not mounting ${local_home} because it conflicts with geodesic"
 	else
-		echo "# Mounting ${local_home} into container"
-		DOCKER_ARGS+=(--volume=${local_home}:/localhost)
-		DOCKER_ARGS+=(--env LOCAL_HOME=${local_home})
+		echo "# Mounting ${local_home} into container with workdir ${GEODESIC_HOST_CWD}"
+		DOCKER_ARGS+=(
+		--volume="${local_home}:/localhost"
+		--env LOCAL_HOME="${local_home}"
+		)
 	fi
 
-	DOCKER_ARGS+=(--privileged
+	DOCKER_ARGS+=(
+		--privileged
 		--publish ${GEODESIC_PORT}:${GEODESIC_PORT}
 		--name "${DOCKER_NAME}"
 		--rm
@@ -169,7 +171,8 @@ function use() {
 		--env DOCKER_IMAGE="${DOCKER_IMAGE%:*}"
 		--env DOCKER_NAME="${DOCKER_NAME}"
 		--env DOCKER_TAG="${DOCKER_TAG}"
-		--workdir "${GEODESIC_WORKDIR}")
+		--env GEODESIC_HOST_CWD="${GEODESIC_HOST_CWD}"
+		)
 
 	trap run_exit_hooks EXIT
 	# the extra curly braces around .ID are because this file goes through go template substitution local before being installed as a shell script
@@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ function use() {
 		if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
 			set -- "/bin/bash" "-l" "$@"
 		fi
-		docker exec -it "${DOCKER_NAME}" $*
+		docker exec -it --env GEODESIC_HOST_CWD="${GEODESIC_HOST_CWD}" "${DOCKER_NAME}" $*
 	else
 		echo "# Starting new ${DOCKER_NAME} session from ${DOCKER_IMAGE}"
 		echo "# Exposing port ${GEODESIC_PORT}"