diff --git a/s3cmd/Dockerfile b/s3cmd/Dockerfile
index a7cded0..93fe6c6 100644
--- a/s3cmd/Dockerfile
+++ b/s3cmd/Dockerfile
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ MAINTAINER Johannes Schickling "schickling.j@gmail.com"
 ADD install.sh install.sh
 RUN sh install.sh && rm install.sh
 
+WORKDIR /s3
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["s3cmd"]
diff --git a/s3cmd/README.md b/s3cmd/README.md
index e9f44cb..765228e 100644
--- a/s3cmd/README.md
+++ b/s3cmd/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Lightweight wrapper around s3cmd
 ## Usage
 
 ```sh
-$ docker run schickling/s3cmd sync . s3://my-bucket
+$ docker run -v $(pwd):/s3 schickling/s3cmd sync . s3://my-bucket
 ```
 
 ### `s3cmd` documentation