diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 83cc8a2e..da16994c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,16 +21,5 @@ members = [
     "xtask",
 ]
 
-# the profile used for `cargo build`
-[profile.dev]
-panic = "abort" # disable stack unwinding on panic
-opt-level = "z"
-lto = true
-
-# the profile used for `cargo build --release`
-[profile.release]
-panic = "abort"    # disable stack unwinding on panic
-lto = true         # Link-time optimization
-
 [patch.crates-io]
 ring = { path = "library/ring" }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 340d6133..ef4114b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,20 +121,26 @@ cargo image --example-payload --release
 Build TdShim to launch a payload support Linux Boot Protocol
 
 ```
+cd td-shim
 cargo xbuild -p td-shim --target x86_64-unknown-none --release --features=main,tdx
+cd ..
 cargo run -p td-shim-tools --bin td-shim-ld --features=linker -- target/x86_64-unknown-none/release/ResetVector.bin target/x86_64-unknown-none/release/td-shim -o target/release/final.bin
 ```
 
 Build TdShim to launch a executable payload
 
 ```
+cd td-shim
 cargo xbuild -p td-shim --target x86_64-unknown-none --release --features=main,tdx --no-default-features
+cd ..
 ```
 
 Build Elf format payload
 
 ```
+cd td-payload
 cargo xbuild -p td-payload --target x86_64-unknown-none --release --bin example --features=tdx,start,cet-shstk,stack-guard
+cd ..
 cargo run -p td-shim-tools --bin td-shim-ld -- target/x86_64-unknown-none/release/ResetVector.bin target/x86_64-unknown-none/release/td-shim -t executable -p target/x86_64-unknown-none/release/example -o target/release/final-elf.bin
 ```
 
diff --git a/td-payload/.cargo/config.toml b/td-payload/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fe65a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/td-payload/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# the profile used for `cargo build`
+[profile.dev]
+panic = "abort" # disable stack unwinding on panic
+opt-level = "z"
+lto = true
+
+# the profile used for `cargo build --release`
+[profile.release]
+panic = "abort"    # disable stack unwinding on panic
+lto = true         # Link-time optimization
diff --git a/td-shim/.cargo/config.toml b/td-shim/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fe65a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/td-shim/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# the profile used for `cargo build`
+[profile.dev]
+panic = "abort" # disable stack unwinding on panic
+opt-level = "z"
+lto = true
+
+# the profile used for `cargo build --release`
+[profile.release]
+panic = "abort"    # disable stack unwinding on panic
+lto = true         # Link-time optimization
diff --git a/xtask/src/build.rs b/xtask/src/build.rs
index 21bbc2d9..15fe4fe1 100644
--- a/xtask/src/build.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/build.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ impl BuildArgs {
         self.build_shim_layout()?;
 
         let sh = Shell::new()?;
+        // Switch to the crate folder to use profile of crate rather than workspace
+        sh.change_dir(PROJECT_ROOT.join("td-shim"));
+
         cmd!(
             sh,
             "cargo xbuild -p td-shim --target x86_64-unknown-none --no-default-features"
@@ -135,6 +138,9 @@ impl BuildArgs {
 
     fn build_example_payload(&self) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         let sh = Shell::new()?;
+        // Switch to the crate folder to use profile of crate rather than workspace
+        sh.change_dir(PROJECT_ROOT.join("td-payload"));
+
         cmd!(
             sh,
             "cargo xbuild -p td-payload --bin example --target x86_64-unknown-none"