diff --git a/components/src/file_utils.ts b/components/src/file_utils.ts
index bf4cf39e4..9df6d7bf1 100644
--- a/components/src/file_utils.ts
+++ b/components/src/file_utils.ts
@@ -42,3 +42,40 @@ export function sortFiles(files: Stats[]) {
     }
   });
 }
+
+export async function cloneTree(
+  sourceFs: FileSystem,
+  targetFs: FileSystem,
+  dir = "/",
+  pathTransform: (path: string) => string,
+  overwrite = false,
+) {
+  const sourceDir = dir == "/" ? "" : dir;
+  const targetDir = pathTransform(sourceDir);
+
+  const sourceItems = await sourceFs.scandir(dir);
+
+  targetFs.mkdir(targetDir);
+  const targetItems = new Set(
+    (await targetFs.scandir(targetDir)).map((stat) => stat.name),
+  );
+
+  for (const item of sourceItems) {
+    if (item.isFile()) {
+      if (overwrite || !targetItems.has(item.name)) {
+        await targetFs.writeFile(
+          `${targetDir}/${item.name}`,
+          await sourceFs.readFile(`${sourceDir}/${item.name}`),
+        );
+      }
+    } else {
+      await cloneTree(
+        sourceFs,
+        targetFs,
+        `${sourceDir}/${item.name}`,
+        pathTransform,
+        overwrite,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/components/src/stores/base.context.ts b/components/src/stores/base.context.ts
index 6b591c32f..10fda269e 100644
--- a/components/src/stores/base.context.ts
+++ b/components/src/stores/base.context.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   useState,
 } from "react";
 import { useDialog } from "../dialog.js";
+import { cloneTree } from "../file_utils.js";
 import {
   FileSystemAccessFileSystemAdapter,
   openNand2TetrisDirectory,
@@ -49,8 +50,14 @@ export function useBaseContext(): BaseContext {
         new FileSystemAccessFileSystemAdapter(handle),
       );
       if (createFiles) {
-        const loaders = await import("@nand2tetris/projects/loader.js");
-        await loaders.createFiles(newFs);
+        if (root) {
+          const loaders = await import("@nand2tetris/projects/loader.js");
+          await loaders.createFiles(newFs);
+        } else {
+          await cloneTree(fs, newFs, "/projects", (path: string) =>
+            path.replace("/projects", "/").replace(/\/0*(\d+)/, "$1"),
+          );
+        }
       }
       setFs(newFs);
       setRoot(handle.name);
@@ -106,6 +113,9 @@ export function useBaseContext(): BaseContext {
     async (force = false, createFiles = false) => {
       if (!canUpgradeFs || (root && !force)) return;
       const handler = await openNand2TetrisDirectory();
+      if (root) {
+        await removeLocalAdapterFromIndexedDB();
+      }
       const adapter = await createAndStoreLocalAdapterInIndexedDB(handler);
       await setLocalFs(adapter, createFiles);
     },
diff --git a/components/src/stores/chip.store.ts b/components/src/stores/chip.store.ts
index 3f8481e6f..740dbe5f0 100644
--- a/components/src/stores/chip.store.ts
+++ b/components/src/stores/chip.store.ts
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ export function makeChipStore(
 
       if (hdlProjects.length > 0) {
         await actions.setProject(sortedNames[0]);
+      } else {
+        dispatch.current({ action: "setChips", payload: [] });
       }
 
       dispatch.current({ action: "clearChip" });
diff --git a/projects/src/full.ts b/projects/src/full.ts
index 08a272572..e3b35a8d6 100644
--- a/projects/src/full.ts
+++ b/projects/src/full.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export const resetTests = async (fs: FileSystem, projects?: number[]) => {
 };
 
 export const createFiles = async (fs: FileSystem) => {
-  await reset(fs, ProjectFiles);
+  await reset(fs, ProjectFiles, "/", false);
 };
 
 export const Assignments = {
diff --git a/projects/src/reset.ts b/projects/src/reset.ts
index f423de30a..6f54f996e 100644
--- a/projects/src/reset.ts
+++ b/projects/src/reset.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,19 @@ export async function resetBySuffix(
   }
 }
 
-export async function reset(fs: FileSystem, tree: Tree, base?: string) {
+export async function reset(
+  fs: FileSystem,
+  tree: Tree,
+  base?: string,
+  override = true,
+) {
+  const items = (await fs.scandir(base ?? "/")).map((item) => item.name);
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(tree)) {
     const path = `${base ? `${base}/` : ""}${key}`;
     if (typeof value === "string") {
-      await fs.writeFile(path, value);
+      if (override || !items.includes(key)) {
+        await fs.writeFile(path, value);
+      }
     } else {
       await fs.mkdir(path);
       await reset(fs, value as Tree, path);
diff --git a/web/src/shell/settings.tsx b/web/src/shell/settings.tsx
index 4317e9ef6..11abc1d04 100644
--- a/web/src/shell/settings.tsx
+++ b/web/src/shell/settings.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import "../pico/button-group.scss";
 import "../pico/property.scss";
 import { TrackingDisclosure } from "../tracking";
 import { getVersion, setVersion } from "../versions";
-// import { useDialog } from "./dialog";
 
 const showUpgradeFs = true;