diff --git a/chronos.el b/chronos.el
index ca958fb..c0acee5 100644
--- a/chronos.el
+++ b/chronos.el
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ display is unfrozen.")
         chronos--notification-list nil
         chronos--update-timer (run-at-time t 1 'chronos--update-display))
   (switch-to-buffer chronos--buffer)
+  ;; to make sure that current directory was valid, if current directory with removed,
+  ;; so alarm command will work in any case
+  (setq default-directory "~/")
   (add-to-list 'kill-buffer-query-functions 'chronos--kill-buffer-query)
   (add-hook 'kill-buffer-hook 'chronos--cleanup)
   (chronos-mode))