diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/editor.tsx b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/editor.tsx
index d54c4c1e617..e3d711b1d2d 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/editor.tsx
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/editor.tsx
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ export default function Editor(props: EditorProps) {
                                     },
                                     startup: {
                                         project: project.packageName,
+                                        displayedProjectName: project.name,
                                     },
                                     window: {
                                         topBarOffset: `${TOP_BAR_X_OFFSET_PX}`,
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/localBackend.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/localBackend.ts
index b4765f38b6e..3811f1c74d2 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/localBackend.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/localBackend.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export class LocalBackend extends backend.Backend {
                 jsonAddress: ipWithSocketToAddress(cachedProject.languageServerJsonAddress),
                 binaryAddress: ipWithSocketToAddress(cachedProject.languageServerBinaryAddress),
                 organizationId: '',
-                packageName: cachedProject.projectName,
+                packageName: cachedProject.projectNormalizedName,
                 projectId,
                 state: {
                     type: backend.ProjectState.opened,
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/projectManager.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/projectManager.ts
index e59010e4da7..e6e1545616a 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/projectManager.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/projectManager.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export interface OpenProject {
     languageServerJsonAddress: IpWithSocket
     languageServerBinaryAddress: IpWithSocket
     projectName: ProjectName
+    projectNormalizedName: string
     projectNamespace: string
 }