diff --git a/source/MainComponent.cpp b/source/MainComponent.cpp
index 3946e76..199b092 100644
--- a/source/MainComponent.cpp
+++ b/source/MainComponent.cpp
@@ -585,7 +585,12 @@ void MainComponent::buttonClicked (Button* buttonThatWasClicked)
 		{
 			m_file = fc->getResult();
 			projectNameLabel->setText(m_file.getFileNameWithoutExtension(), NotificationType::dontSendNotification);
-			AStack *pStack = StackCreator::fromFile(m_file.getParentDirectory().getFullPathName().toStdString(), std::string(projectNameLabel->getText().getCharPointer()), this);
+			// Projects live at <root>/prj/<name>/<name>.prj; StackCreator/AStack
+			// append "/prj/<name>" themselves, so recover <root> (three levels
+			// up: file -> its project folder -> "prj" folder -> root) rather
+			// than passing the file's own parent folder as dir.
+			m_dir = m_file.getParentDirectory().getParentDirectory().getParentDirectory().getFullPathName().toStdString();
+			AStack *pStack = StackCreator::fromFile(m_dir, std::string(projectNameLabel->getText().getCharPointer()), this);
 			m_stack = reinterpret_cast<DeepStack*>(pStack);
 			m_stack->loadWeights(m_dir);
 			m_rbmSelect->clear(dontSendNotification);