diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 328608f5..aeadef49 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Features:
 ## Build and Verify
 
 `rv32emu` relies on certain third-party packages for full functionality and access to all its features.
-To ensure proper operation, the target system should have the [SDL2 library](https://www.libsdl.org/) 
+To ensure proper operation, the target system should have the [SDL2 library](https://www.libsdl.org/)
 and [SDL2_Mixer library](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2_mixer) installed.
 * macOS: `brew install sdl2 sdl2_mixer`
 * Ubuntu Linux / Debian: `sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev`
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ For macOS users, it might be necessary to install additional dependencies:
 $ brew install graphviz
 ```
 
-First, users need to create a directory named prof and then build the profiling data by executing `rv32emu`.
+Build the profiling data by executing `rv32emu`.
 This can be done as follows:
 ```shell
 $ build/rv32emu -p build/[test_program].elf
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2e658f44..71d900b7 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  * "LICENSE" for information on usage and redistribution of this file.
  */
 
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ static char *signature_out_file;
 static bool opt_quiet_outputs = false;
 
 /* target executable */
-static const char *opt_prog_name = "a.out";
+static char *opt_prog_name = "a.out";
 
 /* target argc and argv */
 static int prog_argc;
@@ -166,11 +169,21 @@ static bool parse_args(int argc, char **args)
      */
     prog_args = &args[optind];
     opt_prog_name = prog_args[0];
+
     if (opt_prof_data) {
-        char *prog_name = malloc(strlen(opt_prog_name) - 11);
-        strncpy(prog_name, opt_prog_name + 8, strlen(opt_prog_name) - 12);
-        prof_out_file = malloc(strlen(opt_prog_name) + 1);
-        sprintf(prof_out_file, "./prof/%s.prof", prog_name);
+        char cwd_path[PATH_MAX] = {0};
+        assert(getcwd(cwd_path, PATH_MAX));
+
+        char rel_path[PATH_MAX] = {0};
+        memcpy(rel_path, args[0], strlen(args[0]) - 7 /* strlen("rv32emu")*/);
+
+        char *prog_basename = basename(opt_prog_name);
+        prof_out_file = malloc(strlen(cwd_path) + 1 + strlen(rel_path) +
+                               strlen(prog_basename) + 5 + 1);
+        assert(prof_out_file);
+
+        sprintf(prof_out_file, "%s/%s%s.prof", cwd_path, rel_path,
+                prog_basename);
     }
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/tools/rv_profiler b/tools/rv_profiler
index 3f677b2f..6a3877cf 100755
--- a/tools/rv_profiler
+++ b/tools/rv_profiler
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Block:
 def printTable(table):
     col_widths = getLongestWordLength(table)
     if len(table):
-        if len(table[0]) == 9: 
+        if len(table[0]) == 9:
             print("PC_start".rjust(col_widths[0]), end=' ')
             print("PC_end".rjust(col_widths[0]), end=' ')
             print("frequency".rjust(col_widths[0]), end=' ')
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--graph-ir', type=str,
                     help='visualize graph IR')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-f = open(f'prof/{args.filename}.prof', 'r')
+f = open(f'build/{args.filename}.prof', 'r')
 fileds = f.readline()
 raw_datas = f.read().split("\n")
 profile_datas = []
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ for data in raw_datas:
     if len(tmp) == 9:
         d = {
             "PC_start": tmp[0].strip(),
-            "PC_end": tmp[1].strip(), 
-            "frequency": tmp[2].strip(), 
+            "PC_end": tmp[1].strip(),
+            "frequency": tmp[2].strip(),
             "hot": tmp[3].strip(),
-            "backward": tmp[4].strip(), 
-            "loop": tmp[5].strip(), 
-            "untaken": tmp[6].strip(), 
-            "taken": tmp[7].strip(), 
+            "backward": tmp[4].strip(),
+            "loop": tmp[5].strip(),
+            "untaken": tmp[6].strip(),
+            "taken": tmp[7].strip(),
             "IR_list": tmp[8].strip(),
         }
         profile_datas.append(d)
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ for data in raw_datas:
     elif len(tmp) == 5:
         d = {
             "PC_start": tmp[0].strip(),
-            "PC_end": tmp[1].strip(), 
-            "untaken": tmp[2].strip(), 
-            "taken": tmp[3].strip(), 
+            "PC_end": tmp[1].strip(),
+            "untaken": tmp[2].strip(),
+            "taken": tmp[3].strip(),
             "IR_list": tmp[4].strip(),
         }
         profile_datas.append(d)
@@ -144,4 +144,4 @@ if  args.start_address or args.stop_address:
 if args.graph_ir:
     block = print_graph_IR(args.graph_ir)
     g = objviz(block)
-    g.view() # render and show graphviz.files.Source object
\ No newline at end of file
+    g.view() # render and show graphviz.files.Source object