diff --git a/macos/Ghostty.sdef b/macos/Ghostty.sdef
index 7cbe898a1..95fcea626 100644
--- a/macos/Ghostty.sdef
+++ b/macos/Ghostty.sdef
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       <property name="font size" code="GScF" type="real" description="Font size in points.">
         <cocoa key="fontSize"/>
       </property>
-      <property name="working directory" code="GScD" type="text" description="Working directory for the terminal process.">
+      <property name="initial working directory" code="GScD" type="text" description="Initial working directory for the terminal process.">
         <cocoa key="workingDirectory"/>
       </property>
       <property name="command" code="GScC" type="text" description="Command to execute instead of the configured shell.">
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/AppleScript/ScriptSurfaceConfiguration.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/AppleScript/ScriptSurfaceConfiguration.swift
index bec811993..dfa60da41 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/AppleScript/ScriptSurfaceConfiguration.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/AppleScript/ScriptSurfaceConfiguration.swift
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ extension Ghostty.SurfaceConfiguration: ScriptRecord {
 
         if let rawWorkingDirectory = raw["workingDirectory"] {
             guard let workingDirectory = rawWorkingDirectory as? String else {
-                throw RecordParseError.invalidType(parameter: "working directory", expected: "text")
+                throw RecordParseError.invalidType(parameter: "initial working directory", expected: "text")
             }
 
             if !workingDirectory.isEmpty {