diff --git a/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el b/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
index 4e8b13136..d153909ff 100644
--- a/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ whose dimensions may not be fully initialized by the time this is run."
              (if (doom-project-p)
                  (doom-project-root)
                cwd)))
-          ((eq policy 'last))
+          ((eq policy 'last)
+           lastcwd)
           ((stringp policy)
            (expand-file-name policy lastcwd))
           ((functionp policy)