diff --git a/src/haunt/cli.go b/src/haunt/cli.go
index 827bba8..cea8f13 100644
--- a/src/haunt/cli.go
+++ b/src/haunt/cli.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (r *Haunt) SetDefaults() {
 				},
 				Watcher: Watch{
 					Exts:  []string{"go"},
-					Paths: []string{"/"},
+					Paths: []string{"cmd/" + dir.Name()},
 				},
 			})
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/haunt/projects.go b/src/haunt/projects.go
index 8984eb6..63a0845 100644
--- a/src/haunt/projects.go
+++ b/src/haunt/projects.go
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ func (p *Project) Before() {
 	p.cmd(p.stop, "before", true)
 	// indexing files and dirs
 	for _, dir := range p.Watcher.Paths {
-		base, _ := filepath.Abs(p.Path)
-		base = filepath.Join(base, dir)
+		base, _ := filepath.Abs(dir)
 		if _, err := os.Stat(base); err == nil {
 			if err := filepath.Walk(base, p.walk); err != nil {
 				p.Err(err)