diff --git a/src/fosslight_source/_help.py b/src/fosslight_source/_help.py
index 6ac1748..3b77321 100644
--- a/src/fosslight_source/_help.py
+++ b/src/fosslight_source/_help.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             -t <float>\t\t   Stop scancode scanning if scanning takes longer than a timeout in seconds.
             -c <core>\t\t   Select the number of cores to be scanned with ScanCode.
             --no_correction\t   Enter if you don't want to correct OSS information with sbom-info.yaml
-            --correct_fpath\t   Path to the sbom-info.yaml file"""
+            --correct_fpath <path> Path to the sbom-info.yaml file"""
 
 
 def print_version(pkg_name):
diff --git a/src/fosslight_source/cli.py b/src/fosslight_source/cli.py
index 94e8610..a30dcde 100755
--- a/src/fosslight_source/cli.py
+++ b/src/fosslight_source/cli.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ def main():
     format = ""
     selected_scanner = ""
     correct_mode = True
-    correct_filepath = os.getcwd()
 
     scanned_result = []
     license_list = []
@@ -91,6 +90,7 @@ def main():
         selected_scanner = ''.join(args.scanner)
     if args.no_correction:
         correct_mode = False
+    correct_filepath = path_to_scan
     if args.correct_fpath:
         correct_filepath = ''.join(args.correct_fpath)
 
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ def create_report_file(_start_time, scanned_result, license_list, selected_scann
     else:
         output_path = os.path.abspath(output_path)
 
+    if not correct_filepath:
+        correct_filepath = path_to_scan
+
     if output_file == "":
         if output_extension == _json_ext:
             output_file = f"fosslight_opossum_src_{_start_time}"
diff --git a/src/fosslight_source/run_scancode.py b/src/fosslight_source/run_scancode.py
index 9ca6eee..ba8c608 100755
--- a/src/fosslight_source/run_scancode.py
+++ b/src/fosslight_source/run_scancode.py
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ def run_scan(path_to_scan, output_file_name="",
     _json_ext = ".json"
     _start_time = datetime.now().strftime('%y%m%d_%H%M')
 
+    if not correct_filepath:
+        correct_filepath = path_to_scan
+
     success, msg, output_path, output_file, output_extension = check_output_format(output_file_name, format)
     if success:
         if output_path == "":  # if json output with _write_json_file not used, output_path won't be needed.