diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index d69790f..8169146 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@ func newRunCommand(ctx context.Context, input *Input) func(*cobra.Command, []str
 
 		// check platforms
 		if len(input.platforms) == 0 {
-			actrc := []string{
-				filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".actrc"),
-			}
-			_, err = os.Stat(actrc[0])
-			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			actrcHome := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".actrc")
+			actrcCwd := filepath.Join(".", ".actrc")
+			_, errHome := os.Stat(actrcHome)
+			_, errCwd := os.Stat(actrcCwd)
+			if os.IsNotExist(errHome) && os.IsNotExist(errCwd) {
 				var answer string
 				confirmation := &survey.Select{
 					Message: "Please choose the default image you want to use with act:\n\n  - Large size image: +20GB Docker image, includes almost all tools used on GitHub Actions (IMPORTANT: currently only ubuntu-18.04 platform is available)\n  - Medium size image: ~500MB, includes only necessary tools to bootstrap actions and aims to be compatible with all actions\n  - Micro size image: <200MB, contains only NodeJS required to bootstrap actions, doesn't work with all actions\n\nDefault image and other options can be changed manually in ~/.actrc (please refer to https://github.com/nektos/act#configuration for additional information about file structure)",
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func newRunCommand(ctx context.Context, input *Input) func(*cobra.Command, []str
 					Default: "Medium",
 					Options: []string{"Large", "Medium", "Micro"},
 				}
-				configFileArgs := make([]string, 0)
+
 				err := survey.AskOne(confirmation, &answer)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Error(err)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func newRunCommand(ctx context.Context, input *Input) func(*cobra.Command, []str
 					option = "-P ubuntu-latest=node:12.20.1-buster-slim\n-P ubuntu-20.04=node:12.20.1-buster-slim\n-P ubuntu-18.04=node:12.20.1-buster-slim\n-P ubuntu-16.04=node:12.20.1-stretch-slim"
 				}
 
-				f, err := os.Create(actrc[0])
+				f, err := os.Create(actrcHome)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatal(err)
 				}
@@ -242,8 +242,7 @@ func newRunCommand(ctx context.Context, input *Input) func(*cobra.Command, []str
 					log.Fatal(err)
 				}
 
-				configFileArgs = append(configFileArgs, readArgsFile(actrc[0])...)
-				cmd.SetArgs(configFileArgs)
+				input.platforms = readArgsFile(actrcHome)
 			}
 		}