diff --git a/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d b/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
index 37f6a52..34bf91f 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
@@ -876,10 +876,12 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame, ProgramExecutionStatusListener, BreakpointListChangeL
                     FileDialog dlg = createFileDialog(caption);
                     dlg.addFilter(FileFilterEntry(UIString("Source files"d), "*.d;*.dd;*.ddoc;*.di;*.dh;*.json;*.xml;*.ini"));
                     dlg.addFilter(FileFilterEntry(UIString("All files"d), "*.*"));
-                    dlg.dialogResult = delegate(Dialog dlg, const Action result) {
+                    dlg.path = _settings.getRecentPath("FILE_OPEN_PATH");
+                    dlg.dialogResult = delegate(Dialog d, const Action result) {
                         if (result.id == ACTION_OPEN.id) {
                             string filename = result.stringParam;
                             openSourceFile(filename);
+                            _settings.setRecentPath(dlg.path, "FILE_OPEN_PATH");
                         }
                     };
                     dlg.show();
@@ -951,11 +953,14 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame, ProgramExecutionStatusListener, BreakpointListChangeL
                     caption = "Open Workspace or Project"d;
                     FileDialog dlg = createFileDialog(caption);
                     dlg.addFilter(FileFilterEntry(UIString("Workspace and project files"d), "*.dlangidews;dub.json;package.json"));
-                    dlg.dialogResult = delegate(Dialog dlg, const Action result) {
+                    dlg.path = _settings.getRecentPath("FILE_OPEN_WORKSPACE_PATH");
+                    dlg.dialogResult = delegate(Dialog d, const Action result) {
                         if (result.id == ACTION_OPEN.id) {
                             string filename = result.stringParam;
-                            if (filename.length)
+                            if (filename.length) {
                                 openFileOrWorkspace(filename);
+                                _settings.setRecentPath(dlg.path, "FILE_OPEN_WORKSPACE_PATH");
+                            }
                         }
                     };
                     dlg.show();
@@ -1363,6 +1368,7 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame, ProgramExecutionStatusListener, BreakpointListChangeL
         }
         if (ws) {
             _settings.updateRecentWorkspace(ws.filename);
+            _settings.setRecentPath(ws.dir, "FILE_OPEN_WORKSPACE_PATH");
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/src/dlangide/workspace/idesettings.d b/src/dlangide/workspace/idesettings.d
index a48bffc..b3057ac 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/workspace/idesettings.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/workspace/idesettings.d
@@ -241,6 +241,19 @@ class IDESettings : SettingsFile {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /// get recent path for category name, returns null if not found
+    @property string getRecentPath(string category = "FILE_OPEN_DLG_PATH") {
+        Setting obj = _setting.objectByPath("pathHistory", true);
+        return obj.getString(category, null);
+    }
+
+    /// set recent path for category name
+    @property void setRecentPath(string value, string category = "FILE_OPEN_DLG_PATH") {
+        Setting obj = _setting.objectByPath("pathHistory", true);
+        obj.setString(category, value);
+        save();
+    }
+
     @property string[] recentWorkspaces() {
         import std.file;
         Setting obj = _setting.objectByPath("history", true);