diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/path_list.rs b/crates/workspace/src/path_list.rs
index b2ed0ed5bc..cf463e6b22 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/path_list.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/path_list.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl PathList {
         let mut paths: Vec<PathBuf> = if serialized.paths.is_empty() {
             Vec::new()
         } else {
-            serialized.paths.split('\0').map(PathBuf::from).collect()
+            serialized.paths.split('\n').map(PathBuf::from).collect()
         };
 
         let mut order: Vec<usize> = serialized
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ impl PathList {
         let mut paths = String::new();
         for path in self.paths.iter() {
             if !paths.is_empty() {
-                paths.push('\0');
+                paths.push('\n');
             }
             paths.push_str(&path.to_string_lossy());
         }
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/persistence.rs b/crates/workspace/src/persistence.rs
index a7e3d7014e..89e1147d8a 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/persistence.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/persistence.rs
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ impl Domain for WorkspaceDb {
                             WHEN workspaces.local_paths_array IS NULL OR workspaces.local_paths_array = "" THEN
                                 NULL
                             ELSE
-                                replace(workspaces.local_paths_array, ',', '\0')
+                                replace(workspaces.local_paths_array, ',', "\n")
                         END
                 END as paths,
 
@@ -613,11 +613,12 @@ impl Domain for WorkspaceDb {
                     replace(
                         substr(paths, 3, length(paths) - 4),
                         '"' || ',' || '"',
-                        '\0'
+                        CHAR(10)
                     )
                 ELSE
-                    replace(paths, ',', '\0')
+                    replace(paths, ',', CHAR(10))
             END
+            WHERE paths IS NOT NULL
         ),
     ];