diff --git a/dagshub/streaming/filesystem.py b/dagshub/streaming/filesystem.py
index 636d81c3..4c868cf7 100644
--- a/dagshub/streaming/filesystem.py
+++ b/dagshub/streaming/filesystem.py
@@ -122,13 +122,21 @@ def __init__(
         if not project_root:
             try:
                 self.project_root = get_project_root(Path(os.path.abspath(".")))
-            except ValueError:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "Could not find a git repo. Either run the function inside of a git repo, "
-                    "specify `project_root` with the path to a cloned DagsHub repository, "
-                    "or specify `repo_url` (url of repo on DagsHub) and "
-                    "`project_root` (path to the folder where to mount the filesystem) arguments"
-                )
+            except ValueError as err:
+                if repo_url:
+                    self.project_root = Path(os.path.abspath("."))
+                    log_message(
+                        f"No git repo detected; mounting DagsHub filesystem for {repo_url} at "
+                        f"current working directory: {self.project_root}",
+                        logger,
+                    )
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        "Could not find a git repo. Either run the function inside of a git repo, "
+                        "specify `project_root` with the path to a cloned DagsHub repository, "
+                        "or specify `repo_url` (url of repo on DagsHub); "
+                        "optionally provide `project_root` (defaults to current working directory)"
+                    ) from err
 
         else:
             self.project_root = Path(os.path.abspath(project_root))