diff --git a/core/core-projects.el b/core/core-projects.el
index b3059e65a..3a70dabf7 100644
--- a/core/core-projects.el
+++ b/core/core-projects.el
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Emacs.")
         projectile-globally-ignored-file-suffixes '(".elc" ".pyc" ".o")
         projectile-ignored-projects '("~/" "/tmp")
         projectile-kill-buffers-filter 'kill-only-files
-        projectile-files-cache-expire 604800) ; expire after a week
+        projectile-files-cache-expire 604800 ; expire after a week
+        projectile-sort-order 'recentf
+        projectile-use-git-grep t) ; use git-grep for text searches
 
   :config
   (add-hook 'dired-before-readin-hook #'projectile-track-known-projects-find-file-hook)