diff --git a/.github/workflows/bld.yml b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
index cfed82f..0781f83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
@@ -24,13 +24,17 @@ jobs:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
 
+      - name: List directory
+        working-directory: examples
+        run: dir
+
       - name: Download dependencies [examples]
         working-directory: examples
         run: ./bld download
 
-      - name: Run tests [examples]
+      - name: Run Detekt [examples]
         working-directory: examples
-        run: ./bld compile test
+        run: ./bld compile detekt
 
       - name: Download dependencies
         run: ./bld download
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
index cf1562b..a2805aa 100644
--- a/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -52,6 +52,4 @@ atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
 .idea/sonarlint/
 
 # Editor-based Rest Client
-.idea/httpRequests
-
-detekt-baseline.xml
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/httpRequests
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/detekt-baseline.xml b/examples/detekt-baseline.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bf5c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/detekt-baseline.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<SmellBaseline>
+  <ManuallySuppressedIssues/>
+  <CurrentIssues>
+    <ID>EmptyIfBlock:Example.kt$Example.Companion${ }</ID>
+    <ID>MagicNumber:Example.kt$Example$5</ID>
+    <ID>NewLineAtEndOfFile:ExampleTest.kt$com.example.ExampleTest.kt</ID>
+    <ID>ThrowingExceptionsWithoutMessageOrCause:Example.kt$Example.Companion$IllegalStateException()</ID>
+    <ID>UseCheckOrError:Example.kt$Example.Companion$throw IllegalStateException()</ID>
+    <ID>VariableNaming:Example.kt$Example$// https://detekt.dev/docs/rules/naming#variablenaming val Message: String get() = "Hello World!"</ID>
+  </CurrentIssues>
+</SmellBaseline>
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/DetektOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/DetektOperation.java
index 8e3213e..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
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/DetektOperationTest.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/DetektOperationTest.java
index 16e6345..7fb2ce8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/DetektOperationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/DetektOperationTest.java
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ class DetektOperationTest {
         var op = new DetektOperation()
                 .fromProject(new BaseProjectBlueprint(new File("examples"), "com.example",
                         "example", "Example"))
+                .baseline("src/test/resources/detekt-baseline.xml")
                 .maxIssues(8);
         assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(op::execute);
     }
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ class DetektOperationTest {
         var op = new DetektOperation()
                 .fromProject(new BaseProjectBlueprint(new File("examples"), "com.example",
                         "example", "Example"))
+                .baseline("src/test/resources/detekt-baseline.xml")
                 .report(new Report(ReportId.HTML, html.getAbsolutePath()))
                 .report(new Report(ReportId.XML, xml.getAbsolutePath()))
                 .report(new Report(ReportId.TXT, txt.getAbsolutePath()))
@@ -299,6 +301,7 @@ class DetektOperationTest {
         var op = new DetektOperation()
                 .fromProject(new BaseProjectBlueprint(new File("examples"), "com.example",
                         "example", "Example"))
+                .baseline("src/test/resources/detekt-baseline.xml")
                 .debug(true);
         assertThatThrownBy(op::execute).isInstanceOf(ExitStatusException.class);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/detekt-baseline.xml b/src/test/resources/detekt-baseline.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d1a6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/detekt-baseline.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<SmellBaseline>
+  <ManuallySuppressedIssues/>
+  <CurrentIssues>
+  </CurrentIssues>
+</SmellBaseline>