diff --git a/crates/settings/src/settings_content.rs b/crates/settings/src/settings_content.rs
index f1547f769d432fa400ea068622f969f9f7c0d183..30b762af2e06be684b3153855a930b3c3eab7596 100644
--- a/crates/settings/src/settings_content.rs
+++ b/crates/settings/src/settings_content.rs
@@ -132,10 +132,13 @@ pub enum BaseKeymapContent {
     None,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
 pub struct ProjectSettingsContent {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub all_languages: AllLanguageSettingsContent,
+
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    pub worktree: WorktreeSettingsContent,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema, Debug)]
@@ -225,3 +228,40 @@ pub enum GitHostingProviderKind {
     Gitlab,
     Bitbucket,
 }
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema)]
+pub struct WorktreeSettingsContent {
+    /// The displayed name of this project. If not set, the root directory name
+    /// will be displayed.
+    ///
+    /// Default: none
+    pub project_name: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Completely ignore files matching globs from `file_scan_exclusions`. Overrides
+    /// `file_scan_inclusions`.
+    ///
+    /// Default: [
+    ///   "**/.git",
+    ///   "**/.svn",
+    ///   "**/.hg",
+    ///   "**/.jj",
+    ///   "**/CVS",
+    ///   "**/.DS_Store",
+    ///   "**/Thumbs.db",
+    ///   "**/.classpath",
+    ///   "**/.settings"
+    /// ]
+    pub file_scan_exclusions: Option<Vec<String>>,
+
+    /// Always include files that match these globs when scanning for files, even if they're
+    /// ignored by git. This setting is overridden by `file_scan_exclusions`.
+    /// Default: [
+    ///  ".env*",
+    ///  "docker-compose.*.yml",
+    /// ]
+    pub file_scan_inclusions: Option<Vec<String>>,
+
+    /// Treat the files matching these globs as `.env` files.
+    /// Default: [ "**/.env*" ]
+    pub private_files: Option<Vec<String>>,
+}
diff --git a/crates/worktree/src/worktree_settings.rs b/crates/worktree/src/worktree_settings.rs
index ca7714fa7315117a5c2e31b06d2f059ad43cb1a9..18aa9c0ae41eca95a77eeff2a8b57ab943f1f2b0 100644
--- a/crates/worktree/src/worktree_settings.rs
+++ b/crates/worktree/src/worktree_settings.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::Context as _;
 use gpui::App;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use settings::{Settings, SettingsKey, SettingsSources, SettingsUi};
+use settings::{Settings, SettingsKey, SettingsUi};
 use util::paths::PathMatcher;
 
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -32,50 +32,14 @@ impl WorktreeSettings {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, JsonSchema, SettingsUi, SettingsKey)]
-#[settings_key(None)]
-pub struct WorktreeSettingsContent {
-    /// The displayed name of this project. If not set, the root directory name
-    /// will be displayed.
-    ///
-    /// Default: none
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub project_name: Option<String>,
-
-    /// Completely ignore files matching globs from `file_scan_exclusions`. Overrides
-    /// `file_scan_inclusions`.
-    ///
-    /// Default: [
-    ///   "**/.git",
-    ///   "**/.svn",
-    ///   "**/.hg",
-    ///   "**/.jj",
-    ///   "**/CVS",
-    ///   "**/.DS_Store",
-    ///   "**/Thumbs.db",
-    ///   "**/.classpath",
-    ///   "**/.settings"
-    /// ]
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub file_scan_exclusions: Option<Vec<String>>,
-
-    /// Always include files that match these globs when scanning for files, even if they're
-    /// ignored by git. This setting is overridden by `file_scan_exclusions`.
-    /// Default: [
-    ///  ".env*",
-    ///  "docker-compose.*.yml",
-    /// ]
-    #[serde(default)]
-    pub file_scan_inclusions: Option<Vec<String>>,
-
-    /// Treat the files matching these globs as `.env` files.
-    /// Default: [ "**/.env*" ]
-    pub private_files: Option<Vec<String>>,
-}
-
 impl Settings for WorktreeSettings {
-    type FileContent = WorktreeSettingsContent;
-
+    fn from_defaults(content: &settings::SettingsContent, _cx: &mut App) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            project_name: None,
+            file_scan_exclusions: content.project.worktree.file_scan_exclusions.unwrap(),
+            file_scan_inclusions: PathMatcher::default(),
+        }
+    }
     fn load(sources: SettingsSources<Self::FileContent>, _: &mut App) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
         let result: WorktreeSettingsContent = sources.json_merge()?;
         let mut file_scan_exclusions = result.file_scan_exclusions.unwrap_or_default();