diff --git a/core/core-projects.el b/core/core-projects.el
index 20e6e099d..8034271c2 100644
--- a/core/core-projects.el
+++ b/core/core-projects.el
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   (setq projectile-cache-file (concat doom-cache-dir "projectile.cache")
         projectile-enable-caching (not noninteractive)
         projectile-known-projects-file (concat doom-cache-dir "projectile.projects")
-        projectile-require-project-root nil
+        projectile-require-project-root t
         projectile-globally-ignored-files '(".DS_Store" "Icon
" "TAGS")
         projectile-globally-ignored-file-suffixes '(".elc" ".pyc" ".o")
         projectile-ignored-projects '("~/" "/tmp"))