diff --git a/views_data_export.drush.inc b/views_data_export.drush.inc
index 17254dc..3713a16 100644
--- a/views_data_export.drush.inc
+++ b/views_data_export.drush.inc
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ function drush_views_data_export($view_name, $display_id, $output_file) {
   // of an alter function to interject later and batch it ourselves
 
   $options = array (
-    'output_file' => realpath(drush_get_context('DRUSH_OLDCWD', getcwd())) . '/' . $output_file,
+    'output_file' => realpath($output_file),
   );
   if ($view->display_handler->is_batched()) {
     // This is a batched export, and needs to be handled as such.