diff --git a/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/studioui.cpp b/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/studioui.cpp
index 441c0f4d..04c97e88 100644
--- a/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/studioui.cpp
+++ b/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/studioui.cpp
@@ -673,14 +673,18 @@ ox::Error StudioUI::openProjectPath(ox::StringParam path) noexcept {
 			auto p = std::move(*pcIt);
 			std::ignore = config.projects.erase(pcIt);
 			auto &pc = *config.projects.emplace(0, std::move(p));
-			for (auto const &f: pc.openFiles) {
-				auto const openFileErr = openFileActiveTab(f, pc.activeTabItemName == f);
-				if (openFileErr) {
-					oxErrorf("\nCould not open editor for file:\n\t{}\nReason:\n\t{}\n", f, toStr(openFileErr));
-					continue;
-				}
-				m_activeEditor = m_editors.back().value->get();
-			}
+			std::ignore = pc.openFiles.erase(
+				std::remove_if(
+					pc.openFiles.begin(), pc.openFiles.end(),
+					[&](ox::String const &f) {
+						auto const openFileErr = openFileActiveTab(f, pc.activeTabItemName == f);
+						if (openFileErr) {
+							oxErrorf("\nCould not open editor for file:\n\t{}\nReason:\n\t{}\n", f, toStr(openFileErr));
+							return true;
+						}
+						m_activeEditor = m_editors.back().value->get();
+						return false;
+					}));
 		} else {
 			config.projects.emplace(0, StudioConfig::ProjectConfig{
 				.projectPath = ox::String{m_project->projectPath()},