diff --git a/extensions/npm/src/npmView.ts b/extensions/npm/src/npmView.ts
index c1145d0806b..c1b5f6fdddd 100644
--- a/extensions/npm/src/npmView.ts
+++ b/extensions/npm/src/npmView.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export class NpmScriptsTreeDataProvider implements TreeDataProvider<TreeItem> {
 	}
 
 	private async debugScript(script: NpmScript) {
-		startDebugging(script.task.name, script.getFolder());
+		startDebugging(script.task.definition.script, path.dirname(script.package.resourceUri!.fsPath), script.getFolder());
 	}
 
 	private findScript(document: TextDocument, script?: NpmScript): number {
diff --git a/extensions/npm/src/scriptHover.ts b/extensions/npm/src/scriptHover.ts
index f8a5482bef8..b1edc275267 100644
--- a/extensions/npm/src/scriptHover.ts
+++ b/extensions/npm/src/scriptHover.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 	createTask, startDebugging, findAllScriptRanges
 } from './tasks';
 import * as nls from 'vscode-nls';
+import { dirname } from 'path';
 
 const localize = nls.loadMessageBundle();
 
@@ -107,12 +108,12 @@ export class NpmScriptHoverProvider implements HoverProvider {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public debugScriptFromHover(args: any) {
+	public debugScriptFromHover(args: { script: string; documentUri: Uri }) {
 		let script = args.script;
 		let documentUri = args.documentUri;
 		let folder = workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(documentUri);
 		if (folder) {
-			startDebugging(script, folder);
+			startDebugging(script, dirname(documentUri.fsPath), folder);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/extensions/npm/src/tasks.ts b/extensions/npm/src/tasks.ts
index f7def2f8876..7c97a0d1015 100644
--- a/extensions/npm/src/tasks.ts
+++ b/extensions/npm/src/tasks.ts
@@ -357,11 +357,12 @@ export function runScript(script: string, document: TextDocument) {
 	}
 }
 
-export function startDebugging(scriptName: string, folder: WorkspaceFolder) {
+export function startDebugging(scriptName: string, cwd: string, folder: WorkspaceFolder) {
 	const config: DebugConfiguration = {
 		type: 'pwa-node',
 		request: 'launch',
 		name: `Debug ${scriptName}`,
+		cwd,
 		runtimeExecutable: getPackageManager(folder),
 		runtimeArgs: [
 			'run',