diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 884f24f..bcdcf30 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ struct Repository {
     url: String,
 }
 
-fn read_cargo_toml() -> Result<CargoManifest, Error> {
-    let mut cargo_file = File::open("Cargo.toml")?;
+fn read_cargo_toml(path: &str) -> Result<CargoManifest, Error> {
+    let mut cargo_file = File::open(format!("{}/Cargo.toml", path))?;
     let mut cargo_contents = String::new();
     cargo_file.read_to_string(&mut cargo_contents)?;
 
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ fn create_pkg_dir() -> Result<(), Error> {
 }
 
 /// Generate a package.json file inside in `./pkg`.
-pub fn write_package_json() -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub fn write_package_json(path: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
     create_pkg_dir()?;
     let mut pkg_file = File::create("./pkg/package.json")?;
-    let crate_data = read_cargo_toml()?;
+    let crate_data = read_cargo_toml(path)?;
     let npm_data = crate_data.into_npm();
     let npm_json = serde_json::to_string(&npm_data)?;
     pkg_file.write_all(npm_json.as_bytes())?;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ae8db5f..08fd3f8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct Cli {
 enum Command {
     #[structopt(name = "init")]
     /// 🐣  initialize a package.json based on your compiled wasm
-    Init {},
+    Init { path: Option<String> },
     #[structopt(name = "pack")]
     /// 🍱  create a tar of your npm package but don't publish!
     Pack {},
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ enum Command {
 }
 
 main!(|args: Cli, log_level: verbosity| match args.cmd {
-    Command::Init { .. } => {
-        wasm_pack::write_package_json()?;
+    Command::Init { path } => {
+        match path {
+            Some(p) => wasm_pack::write_package_json(&p)?,
+            None => wasm_pack::write_package_json(".")?,
+        }
         println!("✍️  wrote a package.json!");
     }
     Command::Pack { .. } => {
diff --git a/tests/wasm-pack.rs b/tests/wasm-pack.rs
index 5f9120d..c2bcaf1 100644
--- a/tests/wasm-pack.rs
+++ b/tests/wasm-pack.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ extern crate wasm_pack;
 use std::fs;
 
 #[test]
-fn it_creates_a_package_json() {
-    assert!(wasm_pack::write_package_json().is_ok());
+fn it_creates_a_package_json_default_path() {
+    assert!(wasm_pack::write_package_json(".").is_ok());
+    assert!(fs::metadata("./pkg/package.json").is_ok());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn it_creates_a_package_json_provided_path() {
+    assert!(wasm_pack::write_package_json("./examples/js-hello-world").is_ok());
     assert!(fs::metadata("./pkg/package.json").is_ok());
 }