diff --git a/src/app/project.coffee b/src/app/project.coffee
index fac99ce8d..f1a6f6634 100644
--- a/src/app/project.coffee
+++ b/src/app/project.coffee
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class Project
     fs.absolute filePath
 
   relativize: (fullPath) ->
+    return fullPath unless fullPath.lastIndexOf(@getPath()) is 0
     fullPath.replace(@getPath(), "").replace(/^\//, '')
 
   getSoftTabs: -> @softTabs