diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 997a28d..debda96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.2.4
+
+- Improve error message when a working directory for `cmd!` does not exist.
+
 ## 0.2.3
 
 - Fix bug where `Cmd::run` would ignore specified stdin.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a2be347..e9140f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "xshell"
 description = "Utilities for quick shell scripting in Rust"
 categories = ["development-tools::build-utils", "filesystem"]
-version = "0.2.3" # also update xshell-macros/Cargo.toml and CHANGELOG.md
+version = "0.2.4" # also update xshell-macros/Cargo.toml and CHANGELOG.md
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/matklad/xshell"
 authors = ["Aleksey Kladov <aleksey.kladov@gmail.com>"]
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ exclude = [".github/", "bors.toml", "rustfmt.toml", "cbench", "mock_bin/"]
 [workspace]
 
 [dependencies]
-xshell-macros = { version = "=0.2.3", path = "./xshell-macros" }
+xshell-macros = { version = "=0.2.4", path = "./xshell-macros" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.56"
diff --git a/tests/it/main.rs b/tests/it/main.rs
index 81f341d..db8339a 100644
--- a/tests/it/main.rs
+++ b/tests/it/main.rs
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ fn nonexistent_current_directory() {
     let sh = setup();
     sh.change_dir("nonexistent");
     let err = cmd!(sh, "ls").run().unwrap_err();
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("nonexistent"));
     if cfg!(unix) {
         assert!(err.to_string().starts_with("failed to get current directory"));
         assert!(err.to_string().ends_with("No such file or directory (os error 2)"));
diff --git a/xshell-macros/Cargo.toml b/xshell-macros/Cargo.toml
index 820a3c3..edb0445 100644
--- a/xshell-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xshell-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "xshell-macros"
 description = "Private implementation detail of xshell crate"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/matklad/xshell"
 authors = ["Aleksey Kladov <aleksey.kladov@gmail.com>"]