diff --git a/settings.go b/settings.go
index 2301e22..7b1af07 100644
--- a/settings.go
+++ b/settings.go
@@ -76,13 +76,6 @@ func random(n int) string {
 	return string(b)
 }
 
-// Wdir return the current working directory
-func (s Settings) wdir() string {
-	dir, err := os.Getwd()
-	s.validate(err)
-	return filepath.Base(dir)
-}
-
 // Flimit defines the max number of watched files
 func (s *Settings) flimit() error {
 	var rLimit syscall.Rlimit
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 4025f79..79c94d8 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"log"
 )
 
 // getEnvPath returns the first path found in env or empty string
@@ -83,3 +84,12 @@ func replace(a []string, b string) []string {
 	}
 	return a
 }
+
+// Wdir return current working directory
+func wdir() string {
+	dir, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(prefix(err.Error()))
+	}
+	return dir
+}