diff --git a/lib/Hab.js b/lib/Hab.js
index 2ce2905..334c0d9 100644
--- a/lib/Hab.js
+++ b/lib/Hab.js
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ class Hab {
                         delete arg.$shell;
                     }
 
+                    if ('$cwd' in arg) {
+                        execOptions.cwd = arg.$cwd;
+                        delete arg.$cwd;
+                    }
+
                     if ('$env' in arg) {
                         for (let key in arg.$env) {
                             commandEnv[key] = arg.$env[key];
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d6f34c1..6123108 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 {
   "name": "hab-client",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "axios": {
-      "version": "0.18.0",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.18.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-MtU+SFHv3AoRmTts0AB4nXDAUQI=",
+      "version": "0.18.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.18.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-0BfJq4NSfQXd+SkFdrvFbG7addhYSBA2mQwISr46pD6E5iqkWg02RAs8vyTT/j0RTnoYmeXauBuSv1qKwR179g==",
       "requires": {
-        "follow-redirects": "^1.3.0",
-        "is-buffer": "^1.1.5"
+        "follow-redirects": "1.5.10",
+        "is-buffer": "^2.0.2"
       }
     },
     "debug": {
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
       }
     },
     "is-buffer": {
-      "version": "1.1.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-buffer/-/is-buffer-1.1.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-NcdALwpXkTm5Zvvbk7owOUSvVvBKDgKP5/ewfXEznmQFfs4ZRmanOeKBTjRVjka3QFoN6XJ+9F3USqfHqTaU5w=="
+      "version": "2.0.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-buffer/-/is-buffer-2.0.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Kq1rokWXOPXWuaMAqZiJW4XxsmD9zGx9q4aePabbn3qCRGedtH7Cm+zV8WETitMfu1wdh+Rvd6w5egwSngUX2A=="
     },
     "ms": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d05eeaf..db10a74 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hab-client",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "Promise-based habitat client that mostly just executes the hab binary but can also query the supervisor API",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/JarvusInnovations/hab-client#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.18.0",
+    "axios": "^0.18.1",
     "semver": "^5.6.0",
     "underscore": "^1.9.1"
   }