diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp
index 8fca20b1..ac1eca65 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ DvDirModelFileFolderNode *DvDirModelFileFolderNode::createNode(
     DvDirModelNode *parent, const TFilePath &path) {
   DvDirModelFileFolderNode *node;
   // check the project nodes under the Project Root Node
-  if (QString::fromStdWString(parent->getName()).startsWith("Project root") &&
+  if (QString::fromStdWString(parent->getName()).startsWith("*") &&
       TProjectManager::instance()->isProject(path))
     node = new DvDirModelProjectNode(parent, path);
   else {
@@ -1084,10 +1084,13 @@ void DvDirModelRootNode::refreshChildren() {
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i < (int)projectRoots.size(); i++) {
       TFilePath projectRoot = projectRoots[i];
-      std::wstring roothDir = projectRoot.getWideString();
+      std::wstring rootDir = projectRoot.getWideString();
       DvDirModelSpecialFileFolderNode *projectRootNode =
           new DvDirModelSpecialFileFolderNode(
-              this, L"Project root (" + roothDir + L")", projectRoot);
+              this,
+              L"*" + projectRoot.withoutParentDir().getWideString()
+              + L" (" +rootDir + L")",
+              projectRoot);
       projectRootNode->setPixmap(
           QPixmap(generateIconPixmap("folder_project_root")));
       m_projectRootNodes.push_back(projectRootNode);