diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c1a7a02..c592225 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "natord",
  "nom",
  "num_cpus",
+ "path-absolutize",
  "predicates",
  "roff",
  "rstest",
@@ -533,12 +534,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "option-ext"
 version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "path-absolutize"
+version = "3.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4af381fe79fa195b4909485d99f73a80792331df0625188e707854f0b3383f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "path-dedot",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "path-dedot"
+version = "3.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07ba0ad7e047712414213ff67533e6dd477af0a4e1d14fb52343e53d30ea9397"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.14"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d63691f..cd67d16 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ application = [
     "num_cpus",
     "threadpool",
     "base64",
+    "path-absolutize"
 ]
 native-runtime = ["which"]
 eval = []
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ threadpool = { version = "1.8", optional = true }
 base64 = { version = "0.22", optional = true }
 natord = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 roff = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
+path-absolutize = { version = "3.1.1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = "1.30"
diff --git a/src/bin/argc/main.rs b/src/bin/argc/main.rs
index e558b20..6ab00ac 100644
--- a/src/bin/argc/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/argc/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use argc::{
     CompKind, NativeRuntime, Runtime, Shell, COMPGEN_KIND_SYMBOL,
 };
 use base64::{engine::general_purpose, Engine as _};
+use path_absolutize::Absolutize;
 use std::{
     collections::HashMap,
     env,
@@ -90,29 +91,30 @@ fn run() -> Result<i32> {
                 let shell = runtime.shell_path()?;
                 let script_path = normalize_script_path(&args[2]);
                 let (script_dir, script_path) = {
-                    let script_path = fs::canonicalize(&script_path)
-                        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to run '{script_path}'"))?;
-                    let script_dir = script_path.parent().unwrap();
-                    let script_path = {
-                        let path = script_path.display().to_string();
-                        if cfg!(windows) && path.starts_with(r"\\?\") {
-                            path[4..].to_string()
-                        } else {
-                            path
-                        }
-                    };
-                    (script_dir.to_path_buf(), script_path)
+                    let absolute_script_path = Path::new(&script_path)
+                        .absolutize()
+                        .with_context(|| format!("Invalid script path '{script_path}'"))?;
+                    let script_dir = absolute_script_path.parent().ok_or_else(|| {
+                        anyhow!("Unable to retrieve the script dir from '{script_path}'")
+                    })?;
+                    (
+                        script_dir.to_path_buf(),
+                        absolute_script_path.display().to_string(),
+                    )
                 };
                 let mut envs = HashMap::new();
-                if is_runner_script(&script_path) {
+                let cwd = if is_runner_script(&script_path) {
                     if let Some(cwd) = runtime.current_dir() {
                         if env::var("ARGC_PWD").is_err() {
                             envs.insert("ARGC_PWD".to_string(), escape_shell_words(&cwd));
                         }
                     }
-                }
+                    Some(script_dir.as_path())
+                } else {
+                    None
+                };
                 let args = [vec![&script_path], args.iter().skip(3).collect()].concat();
-                return run_command(&script_path, &shell, &args, envs, Some(&script_dir));
+                return run_command(&script_path, &shell, &args, envs, cwd);
             }
             "--argc-create" => {
                 if let Some((_, script_file)) = get_script_path(false) {
@@ -458,10 +460,10 @@ eval "$(argc --argc-eval "$0" "$@")"
 }
 
 fn get_script_path(recursive: bool) -> Option<(PathBuf, PathBuf)> {
-    let candidates = runner_script_names();
+    let names = runner_script_names();
     let mut dir = env::current_dir().ok()?;
     loop {
-        for name in candidates.iter() {
+        for name in names.iter() {
             let path = dir.join(name);
             if path.exists() {
                 return Some((dir, path));