diff --git a/.changeset/fix-init-clone-dest.md b/.changeset/fix-init-clone-dest.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ad67fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-init-clone-dest.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@bomb.sh/tools": patch
+---
+
+Fixes the `bsh init` command—it now points at the directory the template was actually cloned into.
+
+`init` / `init .` now scaffolds into the current directory in-place and uses the current directory's basename as the project name.
diff --git a/src/commands/init.ts b/src/commands/init.ts
index d183f9e..3ecbee6 100644
--- a/src/commands/init.ts
+++ b/src/commands/init.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { basename } from 'node:path';
 import { cwd } from 'node:process';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import { x } from 'tinyexec';
@@ -7,10 +8,15 @@ import type { CommandContext } from '../context.ts';
 export async function init(ctx: CommandContext) {
 	const [_name = '.'] = ctx.args;
 	const cwdUrl = pathToFileURL(`${cwd()}/`);
-	const name =
-		_name === '.' ? new URL('../', cwdUrl).pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean).pop()! : _name;
-	const dest = new URL('./.temp/', cwdUrl);
-	for await (const line of x('pnpx', ['giget@latest', 'gh:bombshell-dev/template', name])) {
+	// `.` scaffolds into the current directory; otherwise clone into a new `./<name>/`.
+	const inPlace = _name === '.';
+	const name = inPlace ? basename(cwd()) : _name;
+	const target = inPlace ? '.' : name;
+	const dest = inPlace ? cwdUrl : new URL(`./${name}/`, cwdUrl);
+	const gigetArgs = ['giget@latest', 'gh:bombshell-dev/template', target];
+	// `--force` lets the template extract into an existing (non-empty) directory.
+	if (inPlace) gigetArgs.push('--force');
+	for await (const line of x('pnpx', gigetArgs)) {
 		console.log(line);
 	}