diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index d7355bb885..53dcb05f33 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"
 
 [alias]
-sqlness = "run --bin sqlness-runner --"
+sqlness = "run --bin sqlness-runner --target-dir target/sqlness --"
 
 [unstable.git]
 shallow_index = true