diff --git a/packages/filter-by-workspace-path/README.md b/packages/filter-by-workspace-path/README.md
index 230d55c..c485ee6 100644
--- a/packages/filter-by-workspace-path/README.md
+++ b/packages/filter-by-workspace-path/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ To start using this plugin, add it to your `.autorc` config, for example:
 ```json
 {
   "plugins": [
-    "@restfulhead/auto-plugin-filter-by-workspace-path",
+    ["@restfulhead/auto-plugin-filter-by-workspace-path",{"npm":true}],
     "npm",
   ]
 }
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ directory, then the changelog will only include pull requests that contain files
 
 However, carefully read the following caveats section.
 
+## Supported Config
+
+| Parameter               | Description                                                | Default  |
+| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
+| `npm`       | Boolean to use NPM workspaces or not. In case you're using auto without NPM, specify `"npm": false`, this way the plugin will filter out changes outside of the current folder `auto` is run from. | `true`   |
+
+
 ## Caveats
 
 * Note that this plugin also omits commits that
diff --git a/packages/filter-by-workspace-path/src/index.ts b/packages/filter-by-workspace-path/src/index.ts
index a6a6fd0..3ad8dd7 100644
--- a/packages/filter-by-workspace-path/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/filter-by-workspace-path/src/index.ts
@@ -28,16 +28,33 @@ function shouldOmitCommit(currentDir: string, currentWorkspace: string, commit:
   }
 }
 
+export interface ProjectFilteringPluginOptions {
+  /** Path from the repo root to project we are filtering on */
+  npm: boolean
+}
+
 export default class FilterByWorkspacePathPlugin implements IPlugin {
   /** The name of the plugin */
   name = 'filter-by-workspace-path-plugin'
 
+  /** The options of the plugin */
+  readonly options: ProjectFilteringPluginOptions
+
+  /** Initialize the plugin with it's options */
+  constructor(options: ProjectFilteringPluginOptions = { npm: true }) {
+    this.options = options
+  }
+
   apply(auto: Auto): void {
     const currentDir = path.resolve('.')
-    const npmResult = execSync('npm ls --omit=dev --depth 1 -json', { encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'ignore'] })
-    const workspaceDeps: any = JSON.parse(npmResult).dependencies
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-magic-numbers
-    const currentWorkspace = workspaceDeps[Object.keys(workspaceDeps)[0] as any].resolved.substring(11)
+    let currentWorkspace = currentDir
+
+    if (this.options.npm) {
+      const npmResult = execSync('npm ls --omit=dev --depth 1 -json', { encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'ignore'] })
+      const workspaceDeps: any = JSON.parse(npmResult).dependencies
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-magic-numbers
+      currentWorkspace = workspaceDeps[Object.keys(workspaceDeps)[0] as any].resolved.substring(11)
+    }
 
     auto.hooks.onCreateLogParse.tap(this.name, (logParse) => {
       logParse.hooks.omitCommit.tap(this.name, (commit) =>