diff --git a/lua/lspconfig/configs/fennel_ls.lua b/lua/lspconfig/configs/fennel_ls.lua
index f125d54fcb..a6814b0564 100644
--- a/lua/lspconfig/configs/fennel_ls.lua
+++ b/lua/lspconfig/configs/fennel_ls.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ return {
       local has_fls_project_cfg = function(path)
         return util.path.is_file(vim.fs.joinpath(path, 'flsproject.fnl'))
       end
-      return util.search_ancestors(dir, has_fls_project_cfg) or vim.fs.root(0, '.git')
+      return util.search_ancestors(dir, has_fls_project_cfg) or vim.fs.root(0, '.git') or vim.fn.getcwd()
     end,
     settings = {},
     capabilities = {