diff --git a/clients/js/packages/cli/src/utils.ts b/clients/js/packages/cli/src/utils.ts
index 235591ee..a43b2ddc 100644
--- a/clients/js/packages/cli/src/utils.ts
+++ b/clients/js/packages/cli/src/utils.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const loadConfig = (argv: any): Config => {
   });
 
   if (context.helmFile) {
-    const dir = dirname(argv.config || process.cwd());
+    const dir = argv.config ? dirname(argv.config) : process.cwd();
     context.helmFile = resolve(resolvePath(dir), context.helmFile);
     starship = loadYaml(context.helmFile) as StarshipConfig
   }