diff --git a/.changes/cta-tauri-script.md b/.changes/cta-tauri-script.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ae8d1b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/cta-tauri-script.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-tauri-app": patch
+---
+
+Fix adding `tauri` script to package.json
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/bin/create-tauri-app.js b/tooling/create-tauri-app/bin/create-tauri-app.js
index f1e1b41ee..44ddd624e 100755
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/bin/create-tauri-app.js
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/bin/create-tauri-app.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ async function runInit(argv, config = {}) {
 
     console.log("===== running tauri init =====");
     await shell("npm", ["set-script", "tauri", "tauri"], {
-      cwd: join(cwd, cfg.appName),
+      cwd: appDirectory,
     });
     const binary = !argv.b ? packageManager : resolve(appDirectory, argv.b);
     const runTauriArgs =