diff --git a/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp b/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp
index 00dcf7034..ce9582627 100644
--- a/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp
+++ b/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ QString ProjectFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(const QString &caption, bool tra
     // make it a relative path instead of absolute path.
     const QDir dir(rootpath);
     const QString relpath(dir.relativeFilePath(selectedDir));
-    if (!relpath.startsWith("."))
+    if (!relpath.startsWith("../.."))
         selectedDir = relpath;
 
     // Trailing slash..
diff --git a/gui/projectfiledialog.ui b/gui/projectfiledialog.ui
index 7e9373ef4..eab08aa8c 100644
--- a/gui/projectfiledialog.ui
+++ b/gui/projectfiledialog.ui
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
        <item>
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_7">
          <property name="title">
-          <string>Exclude paths</string>
+          <string>Exclude source files in paths</string>
          </property>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
           <item>