diff --git a/crates/recent_projects/src/recent_projects.rs b/crates/recent_projects/src/recent_projects.rs
index da25b83f4d..9655c71304 100644
--- a/crates/recent_projects/src/recent_projects.rs
+++ b/crates/recent_projects/src/recent_projects.rs
@@ -224,9 +224,10 @@ impl PickerDelegate for RecentProjectsDelegate {
             .filter(|(_, (id, _))| !self.is_current_workspace(*id, cx))
             .map(|(id, (_, location))| {
                 let combined_string = match location {
-                    SerializedWorkspaceLocation::Local(paths, _) => paths
-                        .paths()
+                    SerializedWorkspaceLocation::Local(paths, order) => order
+                        .order()
                         .iter()
+                        .filter_map(|i| paths.paths().get(*i))
                         .map(|path| path.compact().to_string_lossy().into_owned())
                         .collect::<Vec<_>>()
                         .join(""),
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ impl PickerDelegate for RecentProjectsDelegate {
                     } else {
                         match candidate_workspace_location {
                             SerializedWorkspaceLocation::Local(paths, _) => {
-                                let paths = paths.paths().as_ref().clone();
+                                let paths = paths.paths().to_vec();
                                 if replace_current_window {
                                     cx.spawn(move |workspace, mut cx| async move {
                                         let continue_replacing = workspace
@@ -389,7 +390,13 @@ impl PickerDelegate for RecentProjectsDelegate {
 
         let mut path_start_offset = 0;
         let paths = match location {
-            SerializedWorkspaceLocation::Local(paths, _) => paths.paths(),
+            SerializedWorkspaceLocation::Local(paths, order) => Arc::new(
+                order
+                    .order()
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter_map(|i| paths.paths().get(*i).cloned())
+                    .collect(),
+            ),
             SerializedWorkspaceLocation::DevServer(dev_server_project) => {
                 Arc::new(vec![PathBuf::from(format!(
                     "{}:{}",
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/persistence.rs b/crates/workspace/src/persistence.rs
index f533233eca..8fcadcf4f5 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/persistence.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/persistence.rs
@@ -667,8 +667,8 @@ impl WorkspaceDb {
     }
 
     query! {
-        fn recent_workspaces() -> Result<Vec<(WorkspaceId, LocalPaths, Option<u64>)>> {
-            SELECT workspace_id, local_paths, dev_server_project_id
+        fn recent_workspaces() -> Result<Vec<(WorkspaceId, LocalPaths, LocalPathsOrder, Option<u64>)>> {
+            SELECT workspace_id, local_paths, local_paths_order, dev_server_project_id
             FROM workspaces
             WHERE local_paths IS NOT NULL OR dev_server_project_id IS NOT NULL
             ORDER BY timestamp DESC
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ impl WorkspaceDb {
         let mut delete_tasks = Vec::new();
         let dev_server_projects = self.dev_server_projects()?;
 
-        for (id, location, dev_server_project_id) in self.recent_workspaces()? {
+        for (id, location, order, dev_server_project_id) in self.recent_workspaces()? {
             if let Some(dev_server_project_id) = dev_server_project_id.map(DevServerProjectId) {
                 if let Some(dev_server_project) = dev_server_projects
                     .iter()
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ impl WorkspaceDb {
             if location.paths().iter().all(|path| path.exists())
                 && location.paths().iter().any(|path| path.is_dir())
             {
-                result.push((id, location.into()));
+                result.push((id, SerializedWorkspaceLocation::Local(location, order)));
             } else {
                 delete_tasks.push(self.delete_workspace_by_id(id));
             }
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/persistence/model.rs b/crates/workspace/src/persistence/model.rs
index 2eadda6a77..339d3b3b8e 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/persistence/model.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/persistence/model.rs
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ impl LocalPaths {
         Self(Arc::new(paths))
     }
 
-    pub fn paths(&self) -> Arc<Vec<PathBuf>> {
-        self.0.clone()
+    pub fn paths(&self) -> &Arc<Vec<PathBuf>> {
+        &self.0
     }
 }