diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/DetektOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/DetektOperation.java
index 26557ad..39b93e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/DetektOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/DetektOperation.java
@@ -545,6 +545,12 @@ public class DetektOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<DetektOperation> {
             if (isNotBlank(baseline_)) {
                 args.add("--baseline");
                 args.add(cleanPath(baseline_));
+            } else {
+                var baseline = new File("detekt-baseline.xml");
+                if (baseline.exists()) {
+                    args.add("--baseline");
+                    args.add(cleanPath(baseline.getAbsolutePath()));
+                }
             }
 
             // build-upon-default-config
@@ -674,7 +680,7 @@ public class DetektOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<DetektOperation> {
     @Override
     public DetektOperation fromProject(BaseProject project) {
         project_ = project;
-        var baseline = new File("detekt-baseline.xml");
+        var baseline = new File(project.workDirectory(), "detekt-baseline.xml");
         if (baseline.exists()) {
             baseline_ = baseline.getAbsolutePath();
         }