diff --git a/src/dialogs/NewFileDialog.cpp b/src/dialogs/NewFileDialog.cpp
index 3a5de945..f99768d6 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/NewFileDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/dialogs/NewFileDialog.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ void NewFileDialog::on_selectProjectsDirButton_clicked()
     QFileDialog dialog(this);
     dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::DirectoryOnly);
 
-    QString currentDir = CutterCore::getInstance()->getConfig("dir.projects");
+    auto currentDir = Config()->getDirProjects();
+
     if (currentDir.startsWith("~")) {
         currentDir = QDir::homePath() + currentDir.mid(1);
     }
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ void NewFileDialog::on_selectProjectsDirButton_clicked()
 
     QString dir = dialog.selectedFiles().first();
     if (!dir.isEmpty()) {
-        CutterCore::getInstance()->setConfig("dir.projects", dir);
+        Config()->setDirProjects(dir);
         fillProjectsList();
     }
 }
@@ -161,6 +162,9 @@ void NewFileDialog::on_actionRemove_item_triggered()
     // Remove selected item from recents list
     QListWidgetItem *item = ui->recentsListWidget->currentItem();
 
+    if (item == nullptr)
+        return;
+
     QVariant data = item->data(Qt::UserRole);
     QString sitem = data.toString();
 
@@ -251,7 +255,9 @@ bool NewFileDialog::fillProjectsList()
 {
     CutterCore *core = CutterCore::getInstance();
 
-    ui->projectsDirEdit->setText(core->getConfig("dir.projects"));
+    auto currentDir = Config()->getDirProjects();
+
+    ui->projectsDirEdit->setText(currentDir);
 
     QStringList projects = core->getProjectNames();
     projects.sort(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
diff --git a/src/dialogs/SaveProjectDialog.cpp b/src/dialogs/SaveProjectDialog.cpp
index 833424d3..4baee57f 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/SaveProjectDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/dialogs/SaveProjectDialog.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "SaveProjectDialog.h"
 #include "ui_SaveProjectDialog.h"
 #include "utils/TempConfig.h"
+#include "utils/Configuration.h"
 
 SaveProjectDialog::SaveProjectDialog(bool quit, QWidget *parent) :
     QDialog(parent),
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ SaveProjectDialog::SaveProjectDialog(bool quit, QWidget *parent) :
     }
 
     ui->nameEdit->setText(core->getConfig("prj.name"));
-    ui->projectsDirEdit->setText(core->getConfig("dir.projects"));
+    ui->projectsDirEdit->setText(Config()->getDirProjects());
     ui->simpleCheckBox->setChecked(core->getConfigb("prj.simple"));
     ui->filesCheckBox->setChecked(core->getConfigb("prj.files"));
     ui->gitCheckBox->setChecked(core->getConfigb("prj.git"));
diff --git a/src/utils/Configuration.cpp b/src/utils/Configuration.cpp
index b8b15164..60cd9fdf 100644
--- a/src/utils/Configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/Configuration.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,23 @@ void Configuration::loadInitial()
     applySavedAsmOptions();
 }
 
+QString Configuration::getDirProjects()
+{
+    auto projectsDir = s.value("dir.projects").toString();
+    if (projectsDir == "") {
+        projectsDir = Core()->getConfig("dir.projects");
+        setDirProjects(projectsDir);
+    }
+
+    return projectsDir;
+}
+
+void Configuration::setDirProjects(const QString &dir)
+{
+    Core()->setConfig("dir.projects", dir);
+    s.setValue("dir.projects", dir);
+}
+
 void Configuration::resetAll()
 {
     Core()->cmd("e-");
diff --git a/src/utils/Configuration.h b/src/utils/Configuration.h
index c788dd33..74df8c87 100644
--- a/src/utils/Configuration.h
+++ b/src/utils/Configuration.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ public:
         return s.value("dark").toBool();
     }
 
+    QString getDirProjects();
+    void setDirProjects(const QString& dir);
+
     // Images
     QString getLogoFile();