diff --git a/Editor/src/Windows/FileSystemUI.cpp b/Editor/src/Windows/FileSystemUI.cpp
index a0f0e27d..0054a8fb 100644
--- a/Editor/src/Windows/FileSystemUI.cpp
+++ b/Editor/src/Windows/FileSystemUI.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ namespace Nuake {
 
             if (ImGui::BeginChild("Tree browser", ImVec2(sz1, avail.y)))
             {
-                ImGuiTreeNodeFlags base_flags = ImGuiTreeNodeFlags_SpanAvailWidth;
+                ImGuiTreeNodeFlags base_flags = ImGuiTreeNodeFlags_SpanAvailWidth | ImGuiTreeNodeFlags_DefaultOpen;
 
                 bool is_selected = m_CurrentDirectory == FileSystem::RootDirectory;
                 if (is_selected)
diff --git a/Editor/src/Windows/WelcomeWindow.cpp b/Editor/src/Windows/WelcomeWindow.cpp
index 32b98272..47d15e62 100644
--- a/Editor/src/Windows/WelcomeWindow.cpp
+++ b/Editor/src/Windows/WelcomeWindow.cpp
@@ -199,10 +199,14 @@ namespace Nuake
 
 						auto project = Project::New();
 						auto projectFileData = FileSystem::ReadFile(projectPath, true);
-						try {
+						try 
+						{
 							project->Deserialize(projectFileData);
 							project->FullPath = projectPath;
+
 							Engine::LoadProject(project);
+
+							_Editor->filesystem->m_CurrentDirectory = Nuake::FileSystem::RootDirectory;
 						}
 						catch (std::exception exception)
 						{