diff --git a/tekuti/projects.scm b/tekuti/projects.scm
index 1296c01..90fcb0b 100644
--- a/tekuti/projects.scm
+++ b/tekuti/projects.scm
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@
     (lambda (name stat)
       (not (file-exists? (string-append name "/config")))))))
 
-(define (project-dir project)
-  (string-append *projects-dir* "/" project))
-
 (define (project-description project)
   (let ((dfile-name
-         (string-append (project-dir project) "/description")))
+         (string-append project "/description")))
     (if (file-exists? dfile-name)
         (with-input-from-file dfile-name
           (lambda ()
@@ -39,10 +36,9 @@
 
 (define (git-last-update project)
   "Check when the last update upstream was."
-  (let* ((dfile-name (project-dir project))
-         (pipe (open-input-pipe
+  (let* ((pipe (open-input-pipe
                 (string-append
-                 "git --git-dir=" dfile-name
+                 "git --git-dir=" project
                  " log -1 --format=%ar 2>/dev/null")))
          (relative-last-update (read-line pipe)))
     (close-pipe pipe)
@@ -57,11 +53,12 @@
         name)))
 
 (define (project->row dir project)
-  `(tr
-    (td ,(gitless project))
-    (td ,(project-description project))
-    (td ,(git-last-update project))
-    (td "")))
+  (let ((project-dir (string-append dir "/" project)))
+    `(tr
+      (td ,(gitless project))
+      (td ,(project-description project-dir))
+      (td ,(git-last-update project-dir))
+      (td ""))))
 
 (define (project-list->table top-dir list lvl)
   (let ((head (car list))