diff --git a/src/appstate.rs b/src/appstate.rs
index 61a4847..ea58dff 100644
--- a/src/appstate.rs
+++ b/src/appstate.rs
@@ -585,6 +585,19 @@ impl AppState {
                     } else {
                         if let Some((prog, _)) = cmd.split_once(" ") {
                             let mut launch_cmd = Command::new(prog);
+                            match prog {
+                                "konsole" => {
+                                    launch_cmd
+                                        .arg(format!("--workdir {}", project.files.display()));
+                                }
+                                "xfce4-terminal" => {
+                                    launch_cmd.arg(format!(
+                                        "--working-directory={}",
+                                        project.files.display()
+                                    ));
+                                }
+                                _ => {}
+                            }
                             match launch_cmd.spawn() {
                                 Ok(_) => {}
                                 Err(e) => {
@@ -2084,8 +2097,12 @@ impl AppState {
             rid,
             String::from("[success] folders copied!"),
         )))?;
-        remove_dir_all(&new_project.files)?;
-        remove_dir_all(&new_project.notes)?;
+        let mut old_files = new_project.files.clone();
+        let mut old_notes = new_project.notes.clone();
+        old_files.pop();
+        old_notes.pop();
+        remove_dir_all(&old_files)?;
+        remove_dir_all(&old_notes)?;
         new_files_path.push(&new_project.name);
         new_notes_path.push(&new_project.name);
         new_project.files(new_files_path.clone());
@@ -2097,9 +2114,13 @@ impl AppState {
         )))?;
         self.main_tx.send(ToolMessage::Output((
             rid,
-            String::from("creating distrobox..."),
+            String::from("checking if distrobox should be used..."),
         )))?;
         if let Some(mut db) = new_project.db {
+            self.main_tx.send(ToolMessage::Output((
+                rid,
+                String::from("creating distrobox..."),
+            )))?;
             db.volumes = vec![
                 new_files_path.display().to_string(),
                 new_notes_path.display().to_string(),
@@ -2111,6 +2132,11 @@ impl AppState {
                 rid,
                 String::from("distrobox sent to rebuild function..."),
             )))?;
+        } else {
+            self.main_tx.send(ToolMessage::Output((
+                rid,
+                String::from("Distrobox was not configured at the creation of this project, so no distrobox will be created."),
+            )))?;
         }
         new_project.save_config()?;
         self.projects[self.selected_project] = new_project;