Index: lashd/server.c
===================================================================
--- lashd/server.c	(revision 150)
+++ lashd/server.c	(working copy)
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 void server_create_loader(server_t * server);
 void server_set_loader(server_t * server, loader_t * loader);
 void server_set_ui_project(server_t * server, const char *project);
-void server_set_default_dir(server_t * server, const char *default_dir);

 server_t *
 server_new(const char *default_dir)
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@

 	pthread_mutex_init(&server->server_events_lock, NULL);
 	pthread_cond_init(&server->server_event_cond, NULL);
-	server->default_dir = lash_strdup(default_dir);
+	server->project_dir = lash_strdup(lash_get_fqn(getenv("HOME"), default_dir));

 	server_create_loader(server);

@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@
 	signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
 	loader_destroy(server->loader);

-	free(server->default_dir);
+	free(server->project_dir);
 	free(server);

 	lash_debug("server destroyed");
@@ -161,9 +160,9 @@
 }

 const char *
-server_get_default_dir(server_t * server)
+server_get_project_dir(server_t * server)
 {
-	return server->default_dir;
+	return server->project_dir;
 }

 int
@@ -366,9 +365,7 @@

 	do {
 		sprintf(new_name, "project-%d", num);
-		new_dir = lash_get_fqn(lash_get_fqn(getenv("HOME"),
-		                                    server->default_dir),
-		                       new_name);
+		new_dir = lash_get_fqn(server->project_dir, new_name);
 		num++;
 		lash_debug("Trying project name %s, dir %s",
 		           new_name, new_dir);
@@ -398,9 +395,7 @@
 	lash_debug("The new project's name is %s", project->name);

 	project_set_directory(project,
-	                      lash_get_fqn(lash_get_fqn(getenv("HOME"),
-	                                                server->default_dir),
-	                                   project->name));
+	                      lash_get_fqn(server->project_dir, project->name));

 	lash_create_dir(project->directory);

Index: lashd/server.h
===================================================================
--- lashd/server.h	(revision 150)
+++ lashd/server.h	(working copy)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   loader_t *      loader;
   int             loader_quit;

-  char *          default_dir;
+  char *          project_dir;
   lash_list_t *    projects;
   lash_list_t *    interfaces;

@@ -82,4 +82,7 @@

 void server_send_event (server_t * server, server_event_t * server_event);

+const char *
+server_get_project_dir(server_t * server);
+
 #endif /* __LASHD_SERVER_H__ */