diff --git a/cmd/ftl/cmd_init.go b/cmd/ftl/cmd_init.go
index 7ab8c4245f..b643a0dcbb 100644
--- a/cmd/ftl/cmd_init.go
+++ b/cmd/ftl/cmd_init.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ var scaffoldFuncs = template.FuncMap{
 func updateGitIgnore(dir string) error {
 	gitRoot, ok := internal.GitRoot(dir).Get()
 	if !ok {
-		gitRoot = ""
+		return nil
 	}
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(path.Join(gitRoot, ".gitignore"), os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644) //nolint:gosec
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/common/configuration/projectconfig_resolver_test.go b/common/configuration/projectconfig_resolver_test.go
index af04a25700..dc5e3eeec5 100644
--- a/common/configuration/projectconfig_resolver_test.go
+++ b/common/configuration/projectconfig_resolver_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestSet(t *testing.T) {
-	defaultPath, ok := projectconfig.GetDefaultConfigPath().Get()
+	defaultPath, ok := projectconfig.DefaultConfigPath().Get()
 	assert.True(t, ok)
 	origConfigBytes, err := os.ReadFile(defaultPath)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/common/projectconfig/projectconfig.go b/common/projectconfig/projectconfig.go
index e95f3163e7..0b598af666 100644
--- a/common/projectconfig/projectconfig.go
+++ b/common/projectconfig/projectconfig.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func ConfigPaths(input []string) []string {
 	if len(input) > 0 {
 		return input
 	}
-	path, ok := GetDefaultConfigPath().Get()
+	path, ok := DefaultConfigPath().Get()
 	if !ok {
 		return []string{}
 	}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func ConfigPaths(input []string) []string {
 	return []string{path}
 }
 
-func GetDefaultConfigPath() optional.Option[string] {
+func DefaultConfigPath() optional.Option[string] {
 	gitRoot, ok := internal.GitRoot("").Get()
 	if !ok {
 		return optional.None[string]()
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func GetDefaultConfigPath() optional.Option[string] {
 // does not already exist.
 func CreateDefaultFileIfNonexistent(ctx context.Context) error {
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
-	path, ok := GetDefaultConfigPath().Get()
+	path, ok := DefaultConfigPath().Get()
 	if !ok {
 		logger.Warnf("Failed to find Git root, so cannot verify whether an ftl-project.toml file exists there")
 		return nil
diff --git a/integration/actions.go b/integration/actions.go
index fec8777ee1..ec9879c383 100644
--- a/integration/actions.go
+++ b/integration/actions.go
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ func Scaffold(src, dest string, tmplCtx any) Action {
 	}
 }
 
+// GitInit calls git init on the working directory.
+func GitInit() Action {
+	return func(t testing.TB, ic TestContext) {
+		Infof("Running `git init` on the working directory: %s", ic.workDir)
+		err := ftlexec.Command(ic, log.Debug, ic.workDir, "git", "init", ic.workDir).RunBuffered(ic)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+}
+
 // Copy a module from the testdata directory to the working directory.
 //
 // Ensures that replace directives are correctly handled.
diff --git a/integration/integration_test.go b/integration/integration_test.go
index 69ceceaef3..f6c8a00a23 100644
--- a/integration/integration_test.go
+++ b/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ func TestRuntimeReflection(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestModuleUnitTests(t *testing.T) {
-	Run(t, "",
+	Run(t, "wrapped/ftl-project.toml",
+		GitInit(),
 		CopyModule("time"),
 		CopyModule("wrapped"),
 		CopyModule("verbtypes"),