diff --git a/mknodes/basenodes/mknode/__init__.py b/mknodes/basenodes/mknode/__init__.py
index e7a7047e..f16a1c20 100644
--- a/mknodes/basenodes/mknode/__init__.py
+++ b/mknodes/basenodes/mknode/__init__.py
@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ def with_context(
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """Same as the Ctor, but auto-adds a context for the repo url (or the cwd)."""
-        context = contexts.ProjectContext.for_config(repo=repo_url, base_url=base_url)
-        return cls(*args, **kwargs, context=context)
+        ctx = contexts.ProjectContext.for_config(repo_url=repo_url, base_url=base_url)
+        return cls(*args, **kwargs, context=ctx)
 
     def to_html(self) -> str:
         """Convert node to HTML using the resources from node + children."""
diff --git a/mknodes/info/contexts.py b/mknodes/info/contexts.py
index b69fd909..460cabbe 100644
--- a/mknodes/info/contexts.py
+++ b/mknodes/info/contexts.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def for_config(
             include_stdlib=True,
         )
         git_repo = reporegistry.get_repo(
-            str(cfg.get("repo_url", ".")),
+            cfg.get("repo_url") or ".",
             clone_depth=cfg.get("clone_depth", 100),
         )
         folderinfo = fi.FolderInfo(git_repo.working_dir)
diff --git a/mknodes/info/gitrepository.py b/mknodes/info/gitrepository.py
index ff4fdfb3..3c0201fd 100644
--- a/mknodes/info/gitrepository.py
+++ b/mknodes/info/gitrepository.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class GitRepository(git.Repo):
     """Aggregates information about a git repo."""
 
     def __init__(self, path: str | os.PathLike | None = None, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(path, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(path or ".", **kwargs)
         # to keep a reference to a TempDirectory instance
         self.temp_directory: tempfile.TemporaryDirectory | None = None