diff --git a/helm.js b/helm.js
index c357324..5afa719 100644
--- a/helm.js
+++ b/helm.js
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 const cdk8s = require('cdk8s');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const wingsdk = require('@winglang/sdk');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 
+function findWorkdir(scope) {
+  if (typeof(scope.workdir) == "string") {
+    return scope.workdir;
+  }
+
+  const parent = scope.node.scope;
+  if (!parent) {
+    throw new Error("cannot determine workdir");
+  }
+  return findWorkdir(parent);
+}
+
 exports.toHelmChart = function(chart) {
   const app = cdk8s.App.of(chart);
-  const wingdir = wingsdk.core.App.of(chart).workdir;
+  const wingdir = findWorkdir(chart);
 
   app.resolvers = [new cdk8s.LazyResolver(), new cdk8s.ImplicitTokenResolver(), new cdk8s.NumberStringUnionResolver()];
   const docs = cdk8s.App._synthChart(chart);
@@ -29,7 +40,8 @@ exports.toHelmChart = function(chart) {
     appVersion: hash,
   };
 
-  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(workdir, "Chart.yaml"), cdk8s.Yaml.stringify(manifest));
+  const chartyaml = path.join(workdir, "Chart.yaml");
+  fs.writeFileSync(chartyaml, cdk8s.Yaml.stringify(manifest));
 
   return path.join("./", ".wing", reldir);
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94a38cb..61b4d33 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@winglibs/containers",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
+  "version": "0.0.9",
   "description": "Wing container support",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public",
diff --git a/workload.tfaws.w b/workload.tfaws.w
index 8602e95..d151e86 100644
--- a/workload.tfaws.w
+++ b/workload.tfaws.w
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pub class Workload_tfaws impl api.IWorkload {
 
     let chart = new _Chart(props);
 
-    let helm = new helm.release.Release(
+    let release = new helm.release.Release(
       provider: cluster.helmProvider(),
       dependsOn: deps.copy(),
       name: props.name,
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ pub class Workload_tfaws impl api.IWorkload {
     if props.public ?? false {
       let ingress = new k8s.dataKubernetesIngressV1.DataKubernetesIngressV1(
         provider: cluster.kubernetesProvider(),
-        dependsOn: [helm],
+        dependsOn: [release],
         metadata: {
           name: props.name
         }