diff --git a/src/Interactive/EditorFeatures/Core/Extensibility/Interactive/InteractiveEvaluator.cs b/src/Interactive/EditorFeatures/Core/Extensibility/Interactive/InteractiveEvaluator.cs
index 16b7aa5449521371db5a72fabd8b9d91087bd7cc..3cb76a586a50ee23f18b7d7dc7442d0381acf4ce 100644
--- a/src/Interactive/EditorFeatures/Core/Extensibility/Interactive/InteractiveEvaluator.cs
+++ b/src/Interactive/EditorFeatures/Core/Extensibility/Interactive/InteractiveEvaluator.cs
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ public abstract class InteractiveEvaluator : IInteractiveEvaluator, ICurrentWork
             var hostPath = interactiveHostPath;
             _interactiveHost = new InteractiveHost(replType, hostPath, initialWorkingDirectory);
             _interactiveHost.ProcessStarting += ProcessStarting;
+
+            WorkingDirectory = initialWorkingDirectory;
         }
 
         public IContentType ContentType