diff --git a/.SpaceVim.d/tasks.toml b/.SpaceVim.d/tasks.toml
index 8b1378917..f4affcbb5 100644
--- a/.SpaceVim.d/tasks.toml
+++ b/.SpaceVim.d/tasks.toml
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
+[file-run]
+    command = "dir"
+    isBackground = false
+[file-run.options]
+    cwd = '${workspaceFolder}bin/'
 
diff --git a/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/runner.vim b/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/runner.vim
index 436e77b78..3bc0e0615 100644
--- a/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/runner.vim
+++ b/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/runner.vim
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ endfunction
 
 let s:target = ''
 
-function! s:async_run(runner) abort
+function! s:async_run(runner, ...) abort
   if type(a:runner) == type('')
     " the runner is a string, the %s will be replaced as a file name.
     try
@@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ function! s:async_run(runner) abort
     call s:BUFFER.buf_set_lines(s:bufnr, s:lines , s:lines + 3, 0, ['[Running] ' . cmd, '', repeat('-', 20)])
     let s:lines += 3
     let s:start_time = reltime()
-    let s:job_id =  s:JOB.start(cmd,{
+    let opts = get(a:000, 0, {})
+    let s:job_id =  s:JOB.start(cmd,extend({
           \ 'on_stdout' : function('s:on_stdout'),
           \ 'on_stderr' : function('s:on_stderr'),
           \ 'on_exit' : function('s:on_exit'),
-          \ })
+          \ }, opts))
   elseif type(a:runner) ==# type([]) && len(a:runner) ==# 2
     " the runner is a list with two items
     " the first item is compile cmd, and the second one is running cmd.
@@ -222,9 +223,10 @@ function! SpaceVim#plugins#runner#open(...) abort
         \ 'exit_code' : 0
         \ }
   let runner = get(a:000, 0, get(s:runners, &filetype, ''))
+  let opts = get(a:000, 1, {})
   if !empty(runner)
     call s:open_win()
-    call s:async_run(runner)
+    call s:async_run(runner, opts)
     call s:update_statusline()
   else
     let s:selected_language = get(s:, 'selected_language', '')
@@ -390,13 +392,17 @@ function! SpaceVim#plugins#runner#run_task(task)
   if !empty(a:task)
     let cmd = get(a:task, 'command', '') 
     let args = get(a:task, 'args', [])
+    let opts = get(a:task, 'options', {})
     if !empty(args) && !empty(cmd)
       let cmd = cmd . ' ' . join(args, ' ')
     endif
+    if !empty(opts) && has_key(opts, 'cwd') && !empty(opts.cwd)
+      let opts = {'cwd' : opts.cwd}
+    endif
     if isBackground
-      call s:run_backgroud(cmd)
+      call s:run_backgroud(cmd, opts)
     else
-      call SpaceVim#plugins#runner#open(cmd) 
+      call SpaceVim#plugins#runner#open(cmd, opts) 
     endif
   endif
 endfunction
@@ -407,10 +413,11 @@ function! s:on_backgroud_exit(job_id, data, event) abort
   echo 'task finished with code=' . a:data . ' in ' . s:STRING.trim(reltimestr(s:end_time)) . ' seconds'
 endfunction
 
-function! s:run_backgroud(cmd) abort
+function! s:run_backgroud(cmd, ...) abort
   echo "task running"
+  let opts = get(a:000, 0, {})
   let s:start_time = reltime()
-  call s:JOB.start(a:cmd,{
+  call s:JOB.start(a:cmd,extend({
         \ 'on_exit' : function('s:on_backgroud_exit'),
-        \ })
+        \ }, opts))
 endfunction
diff --git a/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/tasks.vim b/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/tasks.vim
index 2419e7e4f..20943a479 100644
--- a/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/tasks.vim
+++ b/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/tasks.vim
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ function! SpaceVim#plugins#tasks#get()
   if has_key(task, 'command') && type(task.command) ==# 1
     let task.command = s:replace_variables(task.command)
   endif
+  if has_key(task, 'options') && type(task.options) ==# 4
+    if has_key(task.options, 'cwd') && type(task.options.cwd) ==# 1
+      let task.options.cwd = s:replace_variables(task.options.cwd)
+    endif
+  endif
   return task
 endfunction
 
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ function! s:detect_npm_tasks() abort
   let detect_task = {}
   let conf = {}
   if filereadable('package.json')
-      let conf = s:JSON.json_decode(join(readfile('package.json', ''), ''))
+    let conf = s:JSON.json_decode(join(readfile('package.json', ''), ''))
   endif
   if has_key(conf, 'scripts')
     for task_name in keys(conf.scripts)