diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 097036d..539eaec 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "OpenPolicyAgent"
 uuid = "8f257efb-743c-4ebc-8197-d291a1f743b4"
 authors = ["JuliaHub Inc.", "Tanmay Mohapatra <tanmaykm@gmail.com>"]
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 
 [deps]
 Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
diff --git a/src/server/server.jl b/src/server/server.jl
index 9a64b56..27e4613 100644
--- a/src/server/server.jl
+++ b/src/server/server.jl
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct MonitoredOPAServer
     port::Int
     stdout::Any
     stderr::Any
+    cmdline::CommandLine
     monitor_task::Ref{Union{Nothing, Task}}
     server_proc::Ref{Union{Nothing, Process}}
     stopped::Ref{Bool}
@@ -41,10 +42,17 @@ struct MonitoredOPAServer
         port::Int = DEFAULT_PORT,
         stdout = nothing,
         stderr = nothing,
+        cmdline = nothing,
     )
+        if isnothing(cmdline)
+            cmdline = CommandLine()
+        end
+        cmdline.runopts[:wait] = false
+
         return new(configfile,
             host, port,
             stdout, stderr,
+            cmdline,
             Ref{Union{Nothing, Task}}(nothing),
             Ref{Union{Nothing, Process}}(nothing),
             Ref{Bool}(true),
@@ -54,8 +62,7 @@ struct MonitoredOPAServer
 end
 
 function start_opa_server!(server::MonitoredOPAServer)
-    ctx = CommandLine()
-    ctx.runopts[:wait] = false
+    ctx = server.cmdline
     if !isnothing(server.stdout)
         ctx.pipelineopts[:stdout] = server.stdout
     end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 3a689c7..eb67719 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -131,12 +131,21 @@ function start_bundle_server(root_path)
     return server
 end
 
-function start_opa_server(root_path)
-    opa_server = OpenPolicyAgent.Server.MonitoredOPAServer(
-        joinpath(root_path, "config.yaml"),
-        stdout = joinpath(root_path, "server.stdout"),
-        stderr = joinpath(root_path, "server.stderr"),
-    )
+function start_opa_server(root_path; change_dir::Bool=true)
+    if change_dir
+        opa_server = OpenPolicyAgent.Server.MonitoredOPAServer(
+            joinpath(root_path, "config.yaml");
+            stdout = joinpath(root_path, "server.stdout"),
+            stderr = joinpath(root_path, "server.stderr"),
+            cmdline = OpenPolicyAgent.CLI.CommandLine(; cmdopts=Dict(:dir => root_path)),
+        )
+    else
+        opa_server = OpenPolicyAgent.Server.MonitoredOPAServer(
+            joinpath(root_path, "config.yaml");
+            stdout = joinpath(root_path, "server.stdout"),
+            stderr = joinpath(root_path, "server.stderr"),
+        )
+    end
     OpenPolicyAgent.Server.start!(opa_server)
     return opa_server
 end
@@ -399,6 +408,33 @@ function runtests()
                     @info("Stopping OPA server")
                     OpenPolicyAgent.Server.stop!(opa_server)
                 end
+                sleep(5)
+                @test opa_server.stopped[]
+
+                # run again withoug changing the directory
+                @info("Starting OPA server without changing the directory")
+                opa_server = start_opa_server(opa_server_location; change_dir=false)
+                try
+                    # Wait for servers to start
+                    sleep(15)
+                    @test !(opa_server.stopped[])
+                    @test !isnothing(opa_server.monitor_task[])
+                    @test !istaskdone(opa_server.monitor_task[])
+
+                    # create the client
+                    openapi_client = OpenAPI.Clients.Client("http://localhost:8181"; escape_path_params=false)
+                    @testset "Status API" begin
+                        test_status_api(openapi_client)
+                    end
+                    @testset "Health API" begin
+                        test_health_api(openapi_client)
+                    end
+                finally
+                    @info("Stopping OPA server")
+                    OpenPolicyAgent.Server.stop!(opa_server)
+                end
+                sleep(5)
+                @test opa_server.stopped[]
             end
         finally
             @info("Stopping bundle server")