diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index e5083d1..62f462a 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/gobuffalo/genny"
 	"github.com/gobuffalo/release/genny/initgen"
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ var initCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 
 		opts := initOptions.Options
+		pwd, _ := os.Getwd()
+		opts.Root = pwd
 
 		gg, err := initgen.New(opts)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/genny/git/git.go b/genny/git/git.go
index ce1200b..7c3256d 100644
--- a/genny/git/git.go
+++ b/genny/git/git.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 func New(opts *Options) (*genny.Generator, error) {
 	g := genny.New()
+	g.Root = opts.Root
 
 	g.Command(exec.Command("git", "init"))
 	if err := opts.Validate(); err != nil {
diff --git a/genny/git/options.go b/genny/git/options.go
index 7d2c21f..cb3164d 100644
--- a/genny/git/options.go
+++ b/genny/git/options.go
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 package git
 
 type Options struct {
-  // add your stuff here
+	Root string
 }
 
-
 // Validate that options are usuable
 func (opts *Options) Validate() error {
-  return nil
+	return nil
 }
-
diff --git a/genny/goreleaser/goreleaser_test.go b/genny/goreleaser/goreleaser_test.go
index 09a5281..cfdd92c 100644
--- a/genny/goreleaser/goreleaser_test.go
+++ b/genny/goreleaser/goreleaser_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ func Test_New(t *testing.T) {
 
 	g, err := New(&Options{
 		MainFile: "main.go",
+		Root:     ".",
 	})
 	r.NoError(err)
 
diff --git a/genny/goreleaser/options.go b/genny/goreleaser/options.go
index 2556e68..ebbbfd6 100644
--- a/genny/goreleaser/options.go
+++ b/genny/goreleaser/options.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	MainFile  string
 	BrewOwner string
 	BrewTap   string
+	Root      string
 }
 
 // Validate that options are usuable
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ func (opts *Options) Validate() error {
 		opts.BrewTap = "homebrew-tap"
 	}
 
+	if len(opts.Root) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("root can not be empty")
+	}
+
 	if len(opts.BrewOwner) == 0 {
 		user, err := user.Current()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/genny/initgen/init.go b/genny/initgen/init.go
index dfe2c9f..6b03a42 100644
--- a/genny/initgen/init.go
+++ b/genny/initgen/init.go
@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ func New(opts *Options) (*genny.Group, error) {
 	if err := opts.Validate(); err != nil {
 		return gg, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
-
 	g := genny.New()
 	g.Box(packr.NewBox("../initgen/templates"))
 	g.Transformer(genny.Dot())
 	gg.Add(g)
 
 	// set up git
-	g, err := git.New(&git.Options{})
+	g, err := git.New(&git.Options{
+		Root: opts.Root,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return gg, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ func New(opts *Options) (*genny.Group, error) {
 		Force:       opts.Force,
 		VersionFile: opts.VersionFile,
 		MainFile:    opts.MainFile,
+		Root:        opts.Root,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return gg, errors.WithStack(err)
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ func New(opts *Options) (*genny.Group, error) {
 		g, err = goreleaser.New(&goreleaser.Options{
 			Force:    opts.Force,
 			MainFile: opts.MainFile,
+			Root:     opts.Root,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return gg, errors.WithStack(err)
diff --git a/genny/initgen/init_test.go b/genny/initgen/init_test.go
index be0fcef..920caf0 100644
--- a/genny/initgen/init_test.go
+++ b/genny/initgen/init_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ func Test_New(t *testing.T) {
 	gg, err := New(&Options{
 		VersionFile: "foo/bar/version.go",
 		MainFile:    "./main.go",
+		Root:        ".",
 	})
 	r.NoError(err)
 
diff --git a/genny/initgen/options.go b/genny/initgen/options.go
index 7ff67ae..bfee3e0 100644
--- a/genny/initgen/options.go
+++ b/genny/initgen/options.go
@@ -27,5 +27,8 @@ func (opts *Options) Validate() error {
 			return errors.Errorf("%s is not a .go file", opts.MainFile)
 		}
 	}
+	if len(opts.Root) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("root can not be empty")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/genny/makefile/makefile.go b/genny/makefile/makefile.go
index a890137..a820f40 100644
--- a/genny/makefile/makefile.go
+++ b/genny/makefile/makefile.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 func New(opts *Options) (*genny.Generator, error) {
 	g := genny.New()
+	g.Root = opts.Root
 
 	if err := opts.Validate(); err != nil {
 		return g, errors.WithStack(err)
diff --git a/genny/makefile/makefile_test.go b/genny/makefile/makefile_test.go
index 2d7e2e0..64b7101 100644
--- a/genny/makefile/makefile_test.go
+++ b/genny/makefile/makefile_test.go
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 package makefile
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/gobuffalo/genny"
+	"github.com/gobuffalo/genny/gentest"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func Test_New(t *testing.T) {
 	r := require.New(t)
 
-	g, err := New(&Options{})
+	g, err := New(&Options{
+		Root: ".",
+	})
 	r.NoError(err)
 
-	run := genny.DryRunner(context.Background())
+	run := gentest.NewRunner()
 	run.With(g)
 
 	r.NoError(run.Run())
diff --git a/genny/makefile/options.go b/genny/makefile/options.go
index 3c78382..fccb926 100644
--- a/genny/makefile/options.go
+++ b/genny/makefile/options.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	MainFile    string
 	BuildPath   string
 	VersionFile string
+	Root        string
 }
 
 // Validate that options are usuable
@@ -30,5 +31,8 @@ func (opts *Options) Validate() error {
 			opts.BuildPath = "./" + opts.BuildPath
 		}
 	}
+	if len(opts.Root) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("root can not be empty")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 13298ff..3f6f5e2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ module github.com/gobuffalo/release
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.4.2
-	github.com/gobuffalo/envy v1.6.4
-	github.com/gobuffalo/genny v0.0.0-20181005145118-318a41a134cc
+	github.com/gobuffalo/envy v1.6.5
+	github.com/gobuffalo/genny v0.0.0-20181017142616-0ee1b753300e
 	github.com/gobuffalo/packr v1.13.7
-	github.com/gobuffalo/plush v3.7.16+incompatible
+	github.com/gobuffalo/plush v3.7.20+incompatible
 	github.com/gobuffalo/shoulders v1.0.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8de0f0b..3952d35 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,17 +6,19 @@ github.com/fatih/structs v1.0.0 h1:BrX964Rv5uQ3wwS+KRUAJCBBw5PQmgJfJ6v4yly5QwU=
 github.com/fatih/structs v1.0.0/go.mod h1:9NiDSp5zOcgEDl+j00MP/WkGVPOlPRLejGD8Ga6PJ7M=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7 h1:IXs+QLmnXW2CcXuY+8Mzv/fWEsPGWxqefPtCP5CnV9I=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
-github.com/gobuffalo/envy v1.6.4 h1:kxamN+VYjPMzEdjc2mn4CIKiuYXGxc8VIwXJNixFlNY=
 github.com/gobuffalo/envy v1.6.4/go.mod h1:Abh+Jfw475/NWtYMEt+hnJWRiC8INKWibIMyNt1w2Mc=
+github.com/gobuffalo/envy v1.6.5 h1:X3is06x7v0nW2xiy2yFbbIjwHz57CD6z6MkvqULTCm8=
+github.com/gobuffalo/envy v1.6.5/go.mod h1:N+GkhhZ/93bGZc6ZKhJLP6+m+tCNPKwgSpH9kaifseQ=
 github.com/gobuffalo/flect v0.0.0-20181002182613-4571df4b1daf/go.mod h1:rCiQgmAE4axgBNl3jZWzS5rETRYTGOsrixTRaCPzNdA=
-github.com/gobuffalo/genny v0.0.0-20181005145118-318a41a134cc h1:educQ9aAnsrKD9g3s8dQogCoVbFeEjaQUkKo4yDUvyk=
-github.com/gobuffalo/genny v0.0.0-20181005145118-318a41a134cc/go.mod h1:WAd8HmjMVrnkAZbmfgH5dLBUchsZfqzp/WS5sQz+uTM=
+github.com/gobuffalo/genny v0.0.0-20181017142616-0ee1b753300e h1:WjBJKSGXndtuzGTzcob3ipiEZPkk+EeJI1r5ko0Ykn4=
+github.com/gobuffalo/genny v0.0.0-20181017142616-0ee1b753300e/go.mod h1:+oG5Ljrw04czAHbPXREwaFojJbpUvcIy4DiOnbEJFTA=
 github.com/gobuffalo/github_flavored_markdown v1.0.5 h1:YvGVf7yj1akgsb+qc64Q0WX8uhpuZSibChbqOMRSAqE=
 github.com/gobuffalo/github_flavored_markdown v1.0.5/go.mod h1:U0643QShPF+OF2tJvYNiYDLDGDuQmJZXsf/bHOJPsMY=
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 github.com/gobuffalo/packr v1.13.7/go.mod h1:KkinLIn/n6+3tVXMwg6KkNvWwVsrRAz4ph+jgpk3Z24=
-github.com/gobuffalo/plush v3.7.16+incompatible h1:nonpy24axg04np13bYi0zNu3gr812cXKJDNLSkKcEwk=
 github.com/gobuffalo/plush v3.7.16+incompatible/go.mod h1:rQ4zdtUUyZNqULlc6bqd5scsPfLKfT0+TGMChgduDvI=
+github.com/gobuffalo/plush v3.7.20+incompatible h1:FgLKw/zwd8IY8lAqfSuVNuHopR7jKVSs6yjJKeBajzU=
+github.com/gobuffalo/plush v3.7.20+incompatible/go.mod h1:rQ4zdtUUyZNqULlc6bqd5scsPfLKfT0+TGMChgduDvI=
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 github.com/gobuffalo/tags v2.0.11+incompatible h1:zLkaontB8lWefU+DX38mzPLRKFGTJL8FKb9JnKMt0Z0=
@@ -31,10 +33,12 @@ github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0 h1:nfCOvKYfkgYP8hkirhJocXT2+zOD8yUNjXaWfTlyFKI=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
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-github.com/joho/godotenv v1.2.0 h1:vGTvz69FzUFp+X4/bAkb0j5BoLC+9bpqTWY8mjhA9pc=
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-github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v0.0.0-20180402223658-b729f2633dfe h1:CHRGQ8V7OlCYtwaKPJi3iA7J+YdNKdo8j7nG5IgDhjs=
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@@ -80,24 +84,28 @@ github.com/sourcegraph/syntaxhighlight v0.0.0-20170531221838-bd320f5d308e h1:qpG
 github.com/sourcegraph/syntaxhighlight v0.0.0-20170531221838-bd320f5d308e/go.mod h1:HuIsMU8RRBOtsCgI77wP899iHVBQpCmg4ErYMZB+2IA=
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-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.2 h1:Fy0orTDgHdbnzHcsOgfCN4LtHf0ec3wwtiwJqwvf3Gc=
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