diff --git a/frontend/mirai-console-terminal/.gitignore b/frontend/mirai-console-terminal/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f35003d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/mirai-console-terminal/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/run
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diff --git a/frontend/mirai-console-terminal/src/MiraiConsoleImplementationTerminal.kt b/frontend/mirai-console-terminal/src/MiraiConsoleImplementationTerminal.kt
index 4501c1af6..8708e197a 100644
--- a/frontend/mirai-console-terminal/src/MiraiConsoleImplementationTerminal.kt
+++ b/frontend/mirai-console-terminal/src/MiraiConsoleImplementationTerminal.kt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths
 @ConsoleExperimentalApi
 class MiraiConsoleImplementationTerminal
 @JvmOverloads constructor(
-    override val rootPath: Path = Paths.get(".").toAbsolutePath(),
+    override val rootPath: Path = Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.dir", ".")).toAbsolutePath(),
     override val builtInPluginLoaders: List<Lazy<PluginLoader<*, *>>> = listOf(lazy { JvmPluginLoader }),
     override val frontEndDescription: MiraiConsoleFrontEndDescription = ConsoleFrontEndDescImpl,
     override val consoleCommandSender: MiraiConsoleImplementation.ConsoleCommandSenderImpl = ConsoleCommandSenderImplTerminal,
diff --git a/frontend/mirai-console-terminal/test/RunTerminal.kt b/frontend/mirai-console-terminal/test/RunTerminal.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..901433db3
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+++ b/frontend/mirai-console-terminal/test/RunTerminal.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Mamoe Technologies and contributors.
+ *
+ * 此源代码的使用受 GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 3 许可证的约束, 可以在以下链接找到该许可证.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the GNU AGPLv3 license that can be found through the following link.
+ *
+ * https://github.com/mamoe/mirai/blob/master/LICENSE
+ */
+
+package net.mamoe.mirai.console.terminal
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import net.mamoe.mirai.console.MiraiConsole
+import java.io.File
+
+fun main() {
+    configureUserDir()
+
+    MiraiConsoleTerminalLoader.startAsDaemon()
+    runCatching { runBlocking { MiraiConsole.job.join() } }
+}
+
+internal fun configureUserDir() {
+    val projectDir = runCatching {
+        File(".").resolve("frontend").resolve("mirai-console-terminal")
+    }.getOrElse { return }
+    if (projectDir.isDirectory) {
+        val run = projectDir.resolve("run")
+        run.mkdir()
+        System.setProperty("user.dir", run.absolutePath)
+        println("[Mirai Console] Set user.dir = ${run.absolutePath}")
+    }
+}
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