diff --git a/pkg/app/errors.go b/pkg/app/errors.go
index 2561fccb8..02e9470e0 100644
--- a/pkg/app/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/app/errors.go
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ func knownError(tr *i18n.TranslationSet, err error) (string, bool) {
 			originalError: "fatal: not a git repository",
 			newError:      tr.NotARepository,
 		},
+		{
+			originalError: "getwd: no such file or directory",
+			newError:      tr.WorkingDirectoryDoesNotExist,
+		},
 	}
 
 	if mapping, ok := lo.Find(mappings, func(mapping errorMapping) bool {
diff --git a/pkg/i18n/english.go b/pkg/i18n/english.go
index 80e89ceff..a7f4a0de4 100644
--- a/pkg/i18n/english.go
+++ b/pkg/i18n/english.go
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	StashIncludeUntrackedChanges        string
 	StashOptions                        string
 	NotARepository                      string
+	WorkingDirectoryDoesNotExist        string
 	Jump                                string
 	ScrollLeftRight                     string
 	ScrollLeft                          string
@@ -1120,6 +1121,7 @@ func EnglishTranslationSet() TranslationSet {
 		InitialBranch:                       "Branch name? (leave empty for git's default): ",
 		NoRecentRepositories:                "Must open lazygit in a git repository. No valid recent repositories. Exiting.",
 		IncorrectNotARepository:             "The value of 'notARepository' is incorrect. It should be one of 'prompt', 'create', 'skip', or 'quit'.",
+		WorkingDirectoryDoesNotExist:        "The current working directory does not exist",
 		AutoStashTitle:                      "Autostash?",
 		AutoStashPrompt:                     "You must stash and pop your changes to bring them across. Do this automatically? (enter/esc)",
 		StashPrefix:                         "Auto-stashing changes for ",