diff --git a/packages/create-playwright/.npmignore b/packages/create-playwright/.npmignore
index 582525f08c..74580322cc 100644
--- a/packages/create-playwright/.npmignore
+++ b/packages/create-playwright/.npmignore
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+# This ignores everything by default, except for package.json and LICENSE and README.md.
+# See https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/developers
+**/*
+
 !/lib/**/*
-/node_modules/
-/test-results/
-/src/**/*
-/tests/**/*
-/playwright.config.ts
-/tsconfig.json
+!index.js
+
+!/assets/**/*
 /assets/.eslintrc.js
diff --git a/packages/create-playwright/assets/.eslintrc.js b/packages/create-playwright/assets/.eslintrc.js
index ee85124e0c..0c5d0c2b11 100644
--- a/packages/create-playwright/assets/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/create-playwright/assets/.eslintrc.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+// Example files here do not need the copyright notice.
 module.exports = {
-    "extends": "../../../.eslintrc.js",
-    "rules": {
-        "notice/notice": 0
-    }
+  'extends': '../../../.eslintrc.js',
+  'rules': {
+    'notice/notice': 0
+  }
 };
diff --git a/packages/create-playwright/assets/playwright.config.js b/packages/create-playwright/assets/playwright.config.js
index 011c63d191..3e7e1a7eb5 100644
--- a/packages/create-playwright/assets/playwright.config.js
+++ b/packages/create-playwright/assets/playwright.config.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // @ts-check
 const { devices } = require('@playwright/test');
-const path = require('path')
+const path = require('path');
 
 /**
  * @see https://playwright.dev/docs/test-configuration
- * @type{import('@playwright/test').PlaywrightTestConfig}
+ * @type {import('@playwright/test').PlaywrightTestConfig}
  */
 const config = {
   // Timeout per test
diff --git a/packages/create-playwright/package-lock.json b/packages/create-playwright/package-lock.json
index 799a38dbf0..b8f67b4249 100644
--- a/packages/create-playwright/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/create-playwright/package-lock.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
-      "name": "create-playwright",
       "version": "0.1.7",
       "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
diff --git a/packages/create-playwright/src/index.ts b/packages/create-playwright/src/index.ts
index d74e2aac60..91359f429d 100755
--- a/packages/create-playwright/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-playwright/src/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import { prompt } from 'enquirer';
 import colors from 'ansi-colors';
 
-import { executeCommands, createFiles, determinePackageManager, executeTemplate, determineRootDir, Command, languagetoFileExtension } from './utils';
+import { executeCommands, createFiles, determinePackageManager, executeTemplate, Command, languagetoFileExtension } from './utils';
 
 export type PromptOptions = {
   testDir: string,
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export function commandToRunTests(packageManager: 'npm' | 'yarn', args?: string)
 }
 
 (async () => {
-  const rootDir = determineRootDir();
+  const rootDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), process.argv[2] || '');
   const generator = new Generator(rootDir);
   await generator.run();
 })().catch(error => {
diff --git a/packages/create-playwright/src/utils.ts b/packages/create-playwright/src/utils.ts
index dc7842d9a7..89171bc847 100644
--- a/packages/create-playwright/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/create-playwright/src/utils.ts
@@ -55,14 +55,6 @@ export async function createFiles(rootDir: string, files: Map<string, string>, f
   }
 }
 
-export function determineRootDir() {
-  const givenPath = process.argv[2];
-  if (givenPath)
-    return path.isAbsolute(givenPath) ? process.argv[2] : path.join(process.cwd(), process.argv[2]);
-
-  return process.cwd();
-}
-
 export function determinePackageManager(rootDir: string): 'yarn' | 'npm' {
   if (fs.existsSync(path.join(rootDir, 'yarn.lock')))
     return 'yarn';