diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 38287a6e..91b2e796 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dde20b3d026af13f561bdd0f15edf01fc734f0dafcedbaf42bba506a9517f223"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arc-swap"
+version = "1.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69f7f8c3906b62b754cd5326047894316021dcfe5a194c8ea52bdd94934a3457"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arg_enum_proc_macro"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -327,9 +333,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.2"
+version = "1.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f34d93e62b03caf570cccc334cbc6c2fceca82f39211051345108adcba3eebdc"
+checksum = "27f657647bcff5394bf56c7317665bbf790a137a50eaaa5c6bfbb9e27a518f2d"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
@@ -1349,9 +1355,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.74"
+version = "0.3.76"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a865e038f7f6ed956f788f0d7d60c541fff74c7bd74272c5d4cf15c63743e705"
+checksum = "6717b6b5b077764fb5966237269cb3c64edddde4b14ce42647430a78ced9e7b7"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -1882,9 +1888,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "png"
-version = "0.17.14"
+version = "0.17.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52f9d46a34a05a6a57566bc2bfae066ef07585a6e3fa30fbbdff5936380623f0"
+checksum = "b67582bd5b65bdff614270e2ea89a1cf15bef71245cc1e5f7ea126977144211d"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "crc32fast",
@@ -2766,9 +2772,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "trash"
-version = "5.2.0"
+version = "5.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "defe1fdd4232e407b312377885a2c5396764972bddad87baf304753374a1bfc8"
+checksum = "a8e5ca62c20366b4685e3e41fba17bc7c9bbdcb82e65a89d6fda2ceea5fffd2f"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "libc",
@@ -2776,6 +2782,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2",
  "objc2-foundation",
  "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
  "scopeguard",
  "urlencoding",
  "windows",
@@ -2989,9 +2996,9 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.97"
+version = "0.2.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d15e63b4482863c109d70a7b8706c1e364eb6ea449b201a76c5b89cedcec2d5c"
+checksum = "a474f6281d1d70c17ae7aa6a613c87fce69a127e2624002df63dcb39d6cf6396"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
@@ -3000,13 +3007,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.97"
+version = "0.2.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8d36ef12e3aaca16ddd3f67922bc63e48e953f126de60bd33ccc0101ef9998cd"
+checksum = "5f89bb38646b4f81674e8f5c3fb81b562be1fd936d84320f3264486418519c79"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "log",
- "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
@@ -3015,9 +3021,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.97"
+version = "0.2.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "705440e08b42d3e4b36de7d66c944be628d579796b8090bfa3471478a2260051"
+checksum = "2cc6181fd9a7492eef6fef1f33961e3695e4579b9872a6f7c83aee556666d4fe"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -3025,9 +3031,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.97"
+version = "0.2.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "98c9ae5a76e46f4deecd0f0255cc223cfa18dc9b261213b8aa0c7b36f61b3f1d"
+checksum = "30d7a95b763d3c45903ed6c81f156801839e5ee968bb07e534c44df0fcd330c2"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -3038,9 +3044,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.97"
+version = "0.2.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6ee99da9c5ba11bd675621338ef6fa52296b76b83305e9b6e5c77d4c286d6d49"
+checksum = "943aab3fdaaa029a6e0271b35ea10b72b943135afe9bffca82384098ad0e06a6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "weezl"
@@ -3515,6 +3521,7 @@ name = "yazi-fs"
 version = "0.3.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "arc-swap",
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "dirs",
  "futures",
diff --git a/yazi-adapter/src/drivers/chafa.rs b/yazi-adapter/src/drivers/chafa.rs
index 63bc9ff2..5c9131d4 100644
--- a/yazi-adapter/src/drivers/chafa.rs
+++ b/yazi-adapter/src/drivers/chafa.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Chafa;
 
 impl Chafa {
 	pub(crate) async fn image_show(path: &Path, max: Rect) -> Result<Rect> {
-		let output = Command::new("chafa")
+		let child = Command::new("chafa")
 			.args([
 				"-f",
 				"symbols",
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ impl Chafa {
 			.stdout(Stdio::piped())
 			.stderr(Stdio::null())
 			.kill_on_drop(true)
-			.output()
-			.await?;
+			.spawn()?;
 
+		let output = child.wait_with_output().await?;
 		if !output.status.success() {
 			bail!("chafa failed with status: {}", output.status);
 		} else if output.stdout.is_empty() {
diff --git a/yazi-boot/src/boot.rs b/yazi-boot/src/boot.rs
index 1f23dea8..f013ad65 100644
--- a/yazi-boot/src/boot.rs
+++ b/yazi-boot/src/boot.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::{collections::HashSet, ffi::OsString, path::PathBuf};
 
 use serde::Serialize;
-use yazi_fs::{Xdg, current_cwd, expand_path};
+use yazi_fs::{CWD, Xdg, expand_path};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Serialize)]
 pub struct Boot {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct Boot {
 impl Boot {
 	fn parse_entries(entries: &[PathBuf]) -> (Vec<PathBuf>, Vec<OsString>) {
 		if entries.is_empty() {
-			return (vec![current_cwd().unwrap()], vec![OsString::new()]);
+			return (vec![CWD.load().to_path_buf()], vec![OsString::new()]);
 		}
 
 		let mut cwds = Vec::with_capacity(entries.len());
diff --git a/yazi-cli/src/main.rs b/yazi-cli/src/main.rs
index 4d59f8b1..1be1827f 100644
--- a/yazi-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/yazi-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use clap::Parser;
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 	yazi_shared::init();
+	yazi_fs::init();
 
 	if std::env::args_os().nth(1).is_some_and(|s| s == "-V" || s == "--version") {
 		println!(
diff --git a/yazi-cli/src/package/git.rs b/yazi-cli/src/package/git.rs
index 6be4a4f3..49e7c14e 100644
--- a/yazi-cli/src/package/git.rs
+++ b/yazi-cli/src/package/git.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ impl Git {
 	}
 
 	pub(super) async fn fetch(path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
-		Self::exec(|c| c.current_dir(path).arg("fetch")).await
+		Self::exec(|c| c.arg("fetch").current_dir(path)).await
 	}
 
 	pub(super) async fn checkout(path: &Path, rev: &str) -> Result<()> {
-		Self::exec(|c| c.current_dir(path).args(["checkout", rev])).await
+		Self::exec(|c| c.args(["checkout", rev]).current_dir(path)).await
 	}
 
 	pub(super) async fn pull(path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ impl Git {
 
 	pub(super) async fn hash(path: &Path) -> Result<String> {
 		let output = Command::new("git")
-			.current_dir(path)
 			.args(["rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"])
+			.current_dir(path)
 			.output()
 			.await
 			.context("Failed to get current revision")?;
diff --git a/yazi-core/src/manager/commands/refresh.rs b/yazi-core/src/manager/commands/refresh.rs
index 8a0ab86d..fe5f5829 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/manager/commands/refresh.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/manager/commands/refresh.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-use std::{env, path::MAIN_SEPARATOR};
+use std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR;
 
 use crossterm::{execute, terminal::SetTitle};
 use yazi_config::MANAGER;
+use yazi_fs::CWD;
 use yazi_shared::event::CmdCow;
 
 use crate::{manager::Manager, tasks::Tasks};
 
 impl Manager {
 	pub fn refresh(&mut self, _: CmdCow, tasks: &Tasks) {
-		env::set_current_dir(self.cwd()).ok();
-		env::set_var("PWD", self.cwd());
-
+		CWD.set(self.cwd());
 		if !MANAGER.title_format.is_empty() {
 			execute!(std::io::stderr(), SetTitle(self.title())).ok();
 		}
diff --git a/yazi-fm/src/main.rs b/yazi-fm/src/main.rs
index 8379d72d..7d8c4e42 100644
--- a/yazi-fm/src/main.rs
+++ b/yazi-fm/src/main.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
 	yazi_shared::init();
 
+	yazi_fs::init();
+
 	yazi_config::init()?;
 
 	yazi_adapter::init()?;
diff --git a/yazi-fs/Cargo.toml b/yazi-fs/Cargo.toml
index 856010df..15389917 100644
--- a/yazi-fs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/yazi-fs/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ yazi-shared = { path = "../yazi-shared", version = "0.3.3" }
 
 # External dependencies
 anyhow   = { workspace = true }
+arc-swap = "1.7.1"
 bitflags = { workspace = true }
 dirs     = { workspace = true }
 futures  = { workspace = true }
 regex    = { workspace = true }
-tokio    = { workspace = true }
 serde    = { workspace = true }
+tokio    = { workspace = true }
 
 [target."cfg(unix)".dependencies]
 libc  = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/yazi-fs/src/cwd.rs b/yazi-fs/src/cwd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2acb6402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yazi-fs/src/cwd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use std::{ops::Deref, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
+
+use arc_swap::ArcSwap;
+use yazi_shared::{RoCell, url::Url};
+
+pub static CWD: RoCell<Cwd> = RoCell::new();
+
+pub struct Cwd {
+	inner: ArcSwap<Url>,
+}
+
+impl Deref for Cwd {
+	type Target = ArcSwap<Url>;
+
+	fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target { &self.inner }
+}
+
+impl Default for Cwd {
+	fn default() -> Self {
+		let p = std::env::var_os("PWD")
+			.map(PathBuf::from)
+			.filter(|p| p.is_absolute())
+			.or_else(|| std::env::current_dir().ok())
+			.expect("failed to get current working directory");
+
+		Self { inner: ArcSwap::new(Arc::new(Url::from(p))) }
+	}
+}
+
+impl Cwd {
+	pub fn set(&self, url: &Url) {
+		self.inner.store(Arc::new(url.clone()));
+		std::env::set_var("PWD", self.inner.load().as_ref());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/yazi-fs/src/lib.rs b/yazi-fs/src/lib.rs
index 235160e5..aa5f90c5 100644
--- a/yazi-fs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/yazi-fs/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #![allow(clippy::if_same_then_else, clippy::option_map_unit_fn)]
 
-yazi_macro::mod_flat!(cha file files filter fns op path sorter sorting stage step xdg);
+yazi_macro::mod_flat!(cha cwd file files filter fns op path sorter sorting stage step xdg);
+
+pub fn init() { CWD.init(<_>::default()); }
diff --git a/yazi-fs/src/path.rs b/yazi-fs/src/path.rs
index 9eba494c..51e6c46f 100644
--- a/yazi-fs/src/path.rs
+++ b/yazi-fs/src/path.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, env, ffi::OsString, future::Future, io, path::{Component,
 use tokio::fs;
 use yazi_shared::url::{Loc, Url};
 
-pub fn current_cwd() -> Option<PathBuf> {
-	env::var_os("PWD")
-		.map(PathBuf::from)
-		.filter(|p| p.is_absolute())
-		.or_else(|| env::current_dir().ok())
-}
+use crate::CWD;
 
 #[inline]
 pub fn clean_path(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> PathBuf { _clean_path(path.as_ref()) }
@@ -65,10 +60,8 @@ fn _expand_path(p: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 		clean_path(dirs::home_dir().unwrap_or_default().join(rest))
 	} else if p.is_absolute() {
 		clean_path(p)
-	} else if let Some(cwd) = current_cwd() {
-		clean_path(cwd.join(p))
 	} else {
-		clean_path(p)
+		clean_path(CWD.load().join(p))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/clipboard.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/clipboard.rs
index 43351b55..ead9073f 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/clipboard.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/clipboard.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ impl Clipboard {
 		use std::os::unix::prelude::OsStringExt;
 
 		use tokio::process::Command;
+		use yazi_fs::CWD;
 		use yazi_shared::in_ssh_connection;
 
 		if in_ssh_connection() {
@@ -30,7 +31,13 @@ impl Clipboard {
 		];
 
 		for (bin, args) in all {
-			let Ok(output) = Command::new(bin).args(args).kill_on_drop(true).output().await else {
+			let Ok(output) = Command::new(bin)
+				.args(args)
+				.current_dir(CWD.load().as_ref())
+				.kill_on_drop(true)
+				.output()
+				.await
+			else {
 				continue;
 			};
 			if output.status.success() {
@@ -58,6 +65,7 @@ impl Clipboard {
 
 		use crossterm::execute;
 		use tokio::{io::AsyncWriteExt, process::Command};
+		use yazi_fs::CWD;
 
 		s.as_ref().clone_into(&mut self.content.lock());
 		execute!(BufWriter::new(stderr()), osc52::SetClipboard::new(s.as_ref())).ok();
@@ -72,6 +80,7 @@ impl Clipboard {
 		for (bin, args) in all {
 			let cmd = Command::new(bin)
 				.args(args)
+				.current_dir(CWD.load().as_ref())
 				.stdin(Stdio::piped())
 				.stdout(Stdio::null())
 				.stderr(Stdio::null())
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/external/fd.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/external/fd.rs
index f5097d67..d909773c 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/external/fd.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/external/fd.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::process::Stdio;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use tokio::{io::{AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader}, process::{Child, Command}, sync::mpsc::{self, UnboundedReceiver}};
-use yazi_fs::File;
+use yazi_fs::{CWD, File};
 use yazi_shared::url::Url;
 
 pub struct FdOpt {
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ fn spawn(program: &str, opt: &FdOpt) -> std::io::Result<Child> {
 		.arg(if opt.hidden { "--hidden" } else { "--no-hidden" })
 		.args(&opt.args)
 		.arg(&opt.subject)
+		.current_dir(CWD.load().as_ref())
 		.kill_on_drop(true)
 		.stdout(Stdio::piped())
 		.stderr(Stdio::null())
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/external/rg.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/external/rg.rs
index 5e28cdef..4a7172cc 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/external/rg.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/external/rg.rs
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ pub struct RgOpt {
 
 pub fn rg(opt: RgOpt) -> Result<UnboundedReceiver<File>> {
 	let mut child = Command::new("rg")
-		.current_dir(&opt.cwd)
 		.args(["--color=never", "--files-with-matches", "--smart-case"])
 		.arg(if opt.hidden { "--hidden" } else { "--no-hidden" })
 		.args(opt.args)
 		.arg(opt.subject)
+		.current_dir(&opt.cwd)
 		.kill_on_drop(true)
 		.stdout(Stdio::piped())
 		.stderr(Stdio::null())
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/process/command.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/process/command.rs
index d2db0255..9df52738 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/process/command.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/process/command.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::process::Stdio;
 
 use mlua::{AnyUserData, ExternalError, IntoLuaMulti, Lua, Table, UserData, Value};
 use tokio::process::{ChildStderr, ChildStdin, ChildStdout};
+use yazi_fs::CWD;
 
 use super::{Child, output::Output};
 use crate::{Error, process::Status};
@@ -18,7 +19,12 @@ impl Command {
 	pub fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
 		let new = lua.create_function(|_, (_, program): (Table, String)| {
 			let mut inner = tokio::process::Command::new(program);
-			inner.kill_on_drop(true).stdin(Stdio::null()).stdout(Stdio::null()).stderr(Stdio::null());
+			inner
+				.current_dir(CWD.load().as_ref())
+				.kill_on_drop(true)
+				.stdin(Stdio::null())
+				.stdout(Stdio::null())
+				.stderr(Stdio::null());
 
 			Ok(Self { inner })
 		})?;
diff --git a/yazi-scheduler/Cargo.toml b/yazi-scheduler/Cargo.toml
index 50dd3767..ef1d9e4b 100644
--- a/yazi-scheduler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/yazi-scheduler/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ tracing                = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
-trash = "5.2.0"
+trash = "5.2.1"
diff --git a/yazi-scheduler/src/process/shell.rs b/yazi-scheduler/src/process/shell.rs
index 22e699b2..633ed4fd 100644
--- a/yazi-scheduler/src/process/shell.rs
+++ b/yazi-scheduler/src/process/shell.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::{ffi::OsString, process::Stdio};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use tokio::process::{Child, Command};
+use yazi_fs::CWD;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct ShellOpt {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ pub fn shell(opt: ShellOpt) -> Result<Child> {
 	return Ok(unsafe {
 		Command::new("sh")
 			.arg("-c")
+			.current_dir(CWD.load().as_ref())
 			.stdin(opt.stdio())
 			.stdout(opt.stdio())
 			.stderr(opt.stdio())
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ pub fn shell(opt: ShellOpt) -> Result<Child> {
 			Command::new("cmd.exe")
 				.raw_arg("/C")
 				.raw_arg(parser::parse(&opt.cmd, &opt.args))
+				.current_dir(CWD.load().as_ref())
 				.stdin(opt.stdio())
 				.stdout(opt.stdio())
 				.stderr(opt.stdio())