From 0d466b97fba964d2559ea19f6de959354c7862c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hugo <hugoms@me.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:39:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: loading active project was weird

---
 src/renderer/App.tsx                                      | 4 ++++
 .../components/ProjectSelector/ProjectSelector.tsx        | 8 ++------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/renderer/App.tsx b/src/renderer/App.tsx
index 112671b..3a9deb8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/App.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
     togglePanel,
     setActiveView,
     setSelectedPost,
+    setActiveProject,
     openTab,
     restoreTabState,
   } = useAppStore();
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ const App: React.FC = () => {
       try {
         // First, get active project to set the correct context in backend engines
         const activeProject = await window.electronAPI?.projects.getActive();
+        if (activeProject) {
+          setActiveProject(activeProject as import('./store').ProjectData);
+        }
         
         // Load posts (now with correct project context, limited to 500)
         const postsResult = await window.electronAPI?.posts.getAll({ limit: 500, offset: 0 });
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/ProjectSelector/ProjectSelector.tsx b/src/renderer/components/ProjectSelector/ProjectSelector.tsx
index 3886f51..b6f69d9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/ProjectSelector/ProjectSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/ProjectSelector/ProjectSelector.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const ProjectSelector: React.FC = () => {
   const [newProjectDataPath, setNewProjectDataPath] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const dropdownRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
-  // Load projects on mount
+  // Load projects on mount (active project is loaded by App.tsx)
   useEffect(() => {
     const loadProjects = async () => {
       try {
@@ -46,16 +46,12 @@ export const ProjectSelector: React.FC = () => {
         if (allProjects) {
           setProjects(allProjects as ProjectData[]);
         }
-        const active = await window.electronAPI?.projects.getActive();
-        if (active) {
-          setActiveProject(active as ProjectData);
-        }
       } catch (error) {
         console.error('Failed to load projects:', error);
       }
     };
     loadProjects();
-  }, [setProjects, setActiveProject]);
+  }, [setProjects]);
 
   // Close dropdown when clicking outside
   useEffect(() => {