diff --git a/__tests__/buildx/buildx.test.ts b/__tests__/buildx/buildx.test.ts
index d62e1a15..a8767802 100644
--- a/__tests__/buildx/buildx.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/buildx/buildx.test.ts
@@ -288,6 +288,13 @@ describe('localState', () => {
         DockerfilePath: ''
       } as LocalState,
     ],
+    [
+      'default/default/dfsz8r57a98zf789pmlyzqp3n',
+      {
+        LocalPath: 'https://github.com/docker/actions-toolkit.git#:__tests__/fixtures',
+        DockerfilePath: 'hello.Dockerfile'
+      } as LocalState,
+    ],
     [
       'default/default/w38vcd5fo5cfvfyig77qjec0v',
       {
@@ -296,7 +303,7 @@ describe('localState', () => {
       } as LocalState,
     ]
   ])('given %p', async (ref: string, expected: LocalState) => {
-    const localState = Buildx.localState(path.join(fixturesDir, 'buildx-refs'), ref);
+    const localState = Buildx.localState(ref, path.join(fixturesDir, 'buildx-refs'));
     expect(localState).toEqual(expected);
   });
 });
@@ -306,14 +313,14 @@ describe('refs', () => {
     const refs = Buildx.refs({
       dir: path.join(fixturesDir, 'buildx-refs')
     });
-    expect(Object.keys(refs).length).toEqual(16);
+    expect(Object.keys(refs).length).toEqual(17);
   });
   it('returns default builder refs', async () => {
     const refs = Buildx.refs({
       dir: path.join(fixturesDir, 'buildx-refs'),
       builderName: 'default'
     });
-    expect(Object.keys(refs).length).toEqual(13);
+    expect(Object.keys(refs).length).toEqual(14);
   });
   it('returns foo builder refs', async () => {
     const refs = Buildx.refs({
@@ -332,6 +339,6 @@ describe('refs', () => {
       builderName: 'default',
       since: new Date('2024-01-10T00:00:00Z')
     });
-    expect(Object.keys(refs).length).toEqual(10);
+    expect(Object.keys(refs).length).toEqual(11);
   });
 });
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/buildx-refs/default/default/dfsz8r57a98zf789pmlyzqp3n b/__tests__/fixtures/buildx-refs/default/default/dfsz8r57a98zf789pmlyzqp3n
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1870ff01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/buildx-refs/default/default/dfsz8r57a98zf789pmlyzqp3n
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"LocalPath":"https://github.com/docker/actions-toolkit.git#:__tests__/fixtures","DockerfilePath":"hello.Dockerfile"}
diff --git a/src/buildx/buildx.ts b/src/buildx/buildx.ts
index 728d9dd4..97eb4f81 100644
--- a/src/buildx/buildx.ts
+++ b/src/buildx/buildx.ts
@@ -177,12 +177,12 @@ export class Buildx {
     return driverOpts;
   }
 
-  public static localState(dir: string, ref: string): LocalState {
+  public static localState(ref: string, dir?: string): LocalState {
     const [builderName, nodeName, id] = ref.split('/');
     if (!builderName || !nodeName || !id) {
       throw new Error(`Invalid build reference: ${ref}`);
     }
-    const lsPath = path.join(dir, builderName, nodeName, id);
+    const lsPath = path.join(dir || Buildx.refsDir, builderName, nodeName, id);
     if (!fs.existsSync(lsPath)) {
       throw new Error(`Local state not found in ${lsPath}`);
     }