diff --git a/lib/coffee-script.js b/lib/coffee-script.js
index dc9e65c4..1780af97 100755
--- a/lib/coffee-script.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script.js
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@
     while (root.parent) {
       root = root.parent;
     }
-    root.filename = fs.realpathSync(options.fileName);
+    if (options.fileName.length > 0) {
+      root.filename = fs.realpathSync(options.fileName);
+    } else {
+      root.filename = fs.realpathSync('.');
+    }
     if (root.moduleCache) {
       root.moduleCache = {};
     }
diff --git a/lib/command.js b/lib/command.js
index 2eb7c03b..e7631238 100644
--- a/lib/command.js
+++ b/lib/command.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       return compileStdio();
     }
     if (opts.eval) {
-      return compileScript('console', sources[0]);
+      return compileScript('', sources[0]);
     }
     if (!sources.length) {
       return require('./repl');
diff --git a/src/coffee-script.coffee b/src/coffee-script.coffee
index dc26a5fe..c75728d5 100755
--- a/src/coffee-script.coffee
+++ b/src/coffee-script.coffee
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ exports.run = (code, options) ->
   while root.parent
     root = root.parent
   # Set the filename
-  root.filename = fs.realpathSync options.fileName
+  if options.fileName.length > 0
+    root.filename = fs.realpathSync options.fileName
+  else
+    root.filename = fs.realpathSync '.' # run eval code in working directory
   # Clear the module cache
   root.moduleCache = {} if root.moduleCache
   # Compile
diff --git a/src/command.coffee b/src/command.coffee
index d41d6eb8..cd0f9ac4 100644
--- a/src/command.coffee
+++ b/src/command.coffee
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ exports.run = ->
   return version()                            if opts.version
   return require './repl'                     if opts.interactive
   return compileStdio()                       if opts.stdio
-  return compileScript 'console', sources[0]  if opts.eval
+  return compileScript '', sources[0]         if opts.eval
   return require './repl'                     unless sources.length
   separator = sources.indexOf '--'
   flags = []