diff --git a/vibn-agent-runner/src/agent-session-runner.ts b/vibn-agent-runner/src/agent-session-runner.ts
index cbae5b3..390f59e 100644
--- a/vibn-agent-runner/src/agent-session-runner.ts
+++ b/vibn-agent-runner/src/agent-session-runner.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ async function autoCommitAndDeploy(
 
     const commitMsg = `agent: ${task.slice(0, 72)}`;
     const msgFile = require("path").join(
-      opts.workspaceRoot,
+      opts.repoRoot || process.cwd(),
       ".git",
       "COMMIT_EDITMSG",
     );