diff --git a/pulsar/managers/queued_cli.py b/pulsar/managers/queued_cli.py
index acc02e9a8ae25a648523ccca3cbe3f11d0e108b3..5216e7ef5889dd89e061b4b6ef75688a4d141264 100644
--- a/pulsar/managers/queued_cli.py
+++ b/pulsar/managers/queued_cli.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class CliQueueManager(ExternalBaseManager):
 
     def __init__(self, name, app, **kwds):
         super().__init__(name, app, **kwds)
-        self.cli_interface = CliInterface(code_dir='.')
+        self.cli_interface = CliInterface()
         self.shell_params, self.job_params = split_params(kwds)
 
     def launch(self, job_id, command_line, submit_params={}, dependencies_description=None, env=[], setup_params=None):