diff --git a/toolbox/fs_spec.cpp b/toolbox/fs_spec.cpp
index 2cc0f16..cb864fb 100644
--- a/toolbox/fs_spec.cpp
+++ b/toolbox/fs_spec.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 
 namespace OS {
 
@@ -15,8 +17,8 @@ namespace OS {
 
 		if (!initialized)
 		{
-			// "/" is item #1
-			//IDForPath("/", true);
+			// "/" is item #2.  0 and 1 are reserved.
+			//can't just call IDForPath because that calls... Init();
 			static std::string RootPath("/");
 
 			std::hash<std::string> hasher;
@@ -25,9 +27,22 @@ namespace OS {
 			assert(_pathQueue.size() == 1);
 			initialized = true;
 		}
-
 	}
 
+	int32_t FSSpecManager::IDForCWD()
+	{
+		char buffer[MAXPATHLEN];
+		char *cp;
+
+		cp = getcwd(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+		if (cp < 0) return 0;
+
+		std::string path(cp);
+
+		return FSSpecManager::IDForPath(std::move(path), true);
+	}
+
+
 	int32_t FSSpecManager::IDForPath(const std::string &path, bool insert)
 	{
 		if (path.empty()) return -1;
diff --git a/toolbox/fs_spec.h b/toolbox/fs_spec.h
index 20a8183..e88f9f1 100644
--- a/toolbox/fs_spec.h
+++ b/toolbox/fs_spec.h
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ namespace OS {
 		static int32_t IDForPath(const std::string &path, bool insert = true);
 		static int32_t IDForPath(std::string &&path, bool insert = true);
 
+		static int32_t IDForCWD();
+
 		static void Init();
 
+
 	private:
 
 		struct Entry
diff --git a/toolbox/os_highlevel.cpp b/toolbox/os_highlevel.cpp
index ca655a3..e08b2a2 100644
--- a/toolbox/os_highlevel.cpp
+++ b/toolbox/os_highlevel.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ namespace OS {
 	{
 		// FSMakeFSSpec(vRefNum: Integer; dirID: LongInt; fileName: Str255; VAR spec: FSSpec): OSErr;
 
+		// todo -- if the file does not exist (but the path is otherwise valid), create the spec but return fnfErr.
+		
 		/*
 		 * See Chapter 2, File Manager / Using the File Manager, 2-35
 		 *
diff --git a/toolbox/os_volume.cpp b/toolbox/os_volume.cpp
index b8c4b6e..6f4ae18 100644
--- a/toolbox/os_volume.cpp
+++ b/toolbox/os_volume.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ namespace OS {
 		// the current wd and return the id.
 		// (FSMakeSpec handles 0 as a dir, so ok for now)
 		// ioWDDirID
-		memoryWriteLong(0, parm + _ioWDDirID);
+		memoryWriteLong(FSSpecManager::IDForCWD(), parm + _ioWDDirID);
 
 		std::string tmp = "MacOS";
 		ToolBox::WritePString(namePtr, tmp);