diff --git a/src/tui/editor.zig b/src/tui/editor.zig
index 2a18bea..cb675bf 100644
--- a/src/tui/editor.zig
+++ b/src/tui/editor.zig
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ pub const Editor = struct {
             else
                 syntax.create_guess_file_type(self.allocator, content.items, self.file_path) catch null;
             if (syn) |syn_|
-                project_manager.did_open(file_path, syn_.file_type, self.lsp_version, try content.toOwnedSlice()) catch {};
+                project_manager.did_open(file_path, syn_.file_type, self.lsp_version, try content.toOwnedSlice()) catch |e|
+                    self.logger.print("project_manager.did_open failed: {any}", .{e});
             break :syntax syn;
         };
         self.syntax_no_render = tp.env.get().is("no-syntax");
diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index 2712d52..3c80b8b 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ const cmds = struct {
     pub const open_config_meta = .{ .description = "Edit configuration file" };
 
     pub fn restore_session(self: *Self, _: Ctx) Result {
+        if (tp.env.get().str("project").len == 0) {
+            try open_project_cwd(self, .{});
+        }
         try self.create_editor();
         try self.read_restore_info();
         tui.need_render();