diff --git a/src/check-signature.ts b/src/check-signature.ts
index 8730187..ab77858 100644
--- a/src/check-signature.ts
+++ b/src/check-signature.ts
@@ -6,22 +6,13 @@ import debug from 'debug';
 const d = debug('electron-notarize');
 
 const codesignDisplay = async (opts: NotarizeStapleOptions) => {
-  const result = await spawn('codesign', ['-dv', '-vvvv', '--deep', path.basename(opts.appPath)], {
-    cwd: path.dirname(opts.appPath),
-  });
+  const result = await spawn('codesign', ['-dv', '-vvvv', '--deep', opts.appPath]);
   return result;
 };
 
 const codesign = async (opts: NotarizeStapleOptions) => {
   d('attempting to check codesign of app:', opts.appPath);
-  const result = await spawn(
-    'codesign',
-    ['-vvv', '--deep', '--strict', path.basename(opts.appPath)],
-    {
-      cwd: path.dirname(opts.appPath),
-    },
-  );
-
+  const result = await spawn('codesign', ['-vvv', '--deep', '--strict', opts.appPath]);
   return result;
 };
 export async function checkSignatures(opts: NotarizeStapleOptions): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/notarytool.ts b/src/notarytool.ts
index 6b43431..95381f4 100644
--- a/src/notarytool.ts
+++ b/src/notarytool.ts
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ export async function notarizeAndWaitForNotaryTool(opts: NotaryToolStartOptions)
       d('zipping application to:', filePath);
       const zipResult = await spawn(
         'ditto',
-        ['-c', '-k', '--sequesterRsrc', '--keepParent', path.basename(opts.appPath), filePath],
-        {
-          cwd: path.dirname(opts.appPath),
-        },
+        ['-c', '-k', '--sequesterRsrc', '--keepParent', opts.appPath, filePath],
       );
       if (zipResult.code !== 0) {
         throw new Error(
diff --git a/src/staple.ts b/src/staple.ts
index 037fba8..67e45ec 100644
--- a/src/staple.ts
+++ b/src/staple.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import debug from 'debug';
-import * as path from 'path';
 
 import { spawn } from './spawn';
 import { NotarizeStapleOptions } from './types';
@@ -8,9 +7,7 @@ const d = debug('electron-notarize:staple');
 
 export async function stapleApp(opts: NotarizeStapleOptions): Promise<void> {
   d('attempting to staple app:', opts.appPath);
-  const result = await spawn('xcrun', ['stapler', 'staple', '-v', path.basename(opts.appPath)], {
-    cwd: path.dirname(opts.appPath),
-  });
+  const result = await spawn('xcrun', ['stapler', 'staple', '-v', opts.appPath]);
 
   if (result.code !== 0) {
     throw new Error(