diff --git a/webtranslate/config.py b/webtranslate/config.py
--- a/webtranslate/config.py
+++ b/webtranslate/config.py
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ class ProjectCache:
return "A project file named \"{}\" already exists".format(disk_name)
# Construct a new project from scratch.
- path = os.path.join(self.project_root, path)
storage = cfg.storage_format
if storage == STORAGE_ONE_FILE:
path = os.path.join(self.project_root, disk_name + ".xml")
@@ -340,6 +339,7 @@ class ProjectCache:
pmd = ProjectMetaData(proj_store, human_name)
self.projects[disk_name] = pmd
pmd.pdata = data.Project(human_name, projtype, url)
+ pmd.pdata.set_modified()
pmd.create_statistics()
self.lru.append(pmd)
self.save_pmd(pmd)