diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Rust/RustAppHostingExtension.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Rust/RustAppHostingExtension.cs
index 613a72cc1..37662adf3 100644
--- a/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Rust/RustAppHostingExtension.cs
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Rust/RustAppHostingExtension.cs
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ public static IResourceBuilder<RustAppExecutableResource> AddRustApp(this IDistr
         ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(workingDirectory, nameof(workingDirectory));
 
         string[] allArgs = args is { Length: > 0 }
-            ? ["run", ".", .. args]
-            : ["run", ".",];
+            ? ["run", .. args]
+            : ["run"];
 
         workingDirectory = Path.Combine(builder.AppHostDirectory, workingDirectory).NormalizePathForCurrentPlatform();
         var resource = new RustAppExecutableResource(name, workingDirectory);
diff --git a/tests/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Rust.Tests/AddRustAppTests.cs b/tests/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Rust.Tests/AddRustAppTests.cs
index 495023a3a..81eb4c080 100644
--- a/tests/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Rust.Tests/AddRustAppTests.cs
+++ b/tests/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Rust.Tests/AddRustAppTests.cs
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ public async Task AddRustAppAddsAnnotationMetadata()
         Assert.Equal("cargo", resource.Command);
         var args = await resource.GetArgumentValuesAsync();
         Assert.Collection(args,
-            arg => Assert.Equal("run", arg),
-            arg => Assert.Equal(".", arg));
+            arg => Assert.Equal("run", arg));
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ public async Task AddRustAppWithArgsAddsAnnotationMetadata()
         var args = await resource.GetArgumentValuesAsync();
         Assert.Collection(args,
             arg => Assert.Equal("run", arg),
-            arg => Assert.Equal(".", arg),
             arg => Assert.Equal("--verbose", arg));
     }
 }