diff --git a/crates/storybook/src/stories/picker.rs b/crates/storybook/src/stories/picker.rs
index 1aceeea9b223b38352431feec839e4c1fc8e7650..ca156ba7306d1fabdafe3e88bfdc5542d571b2fc 100644
--- a/crates/storybook/src/stories/picker.rs
+++ b/crates/storybook/src/stories/picker.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use fuzzy::StringMatchCandidate;
 use gpui::{div, prelude::*, KeyBinding, Render, SharedString, Styled, Task, View, WindowContext};
 use picker::{Picker, PickerDelegate};
-use project::Project;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use ui::{prelude::*, ListItemSpacing};
 use ui::{Label, ListItem};
@@ -191,7 +190,6 @@ impl PickerStory {
                     ]);
                     delegate.update_matches("".into(), cx).detach();
 
-                    Project::init_settings(cx);
                     let picker = Picker::uniform_list(delegate, cx);
                     picker.focus(cx);
                     picker
diff --git a/crates/storybook/src/storybook.rs b/crates/storybook/src/storybook.rs
index 77b0a38c3db231773fcd0b3cd75d111e8572dd55..015b4765fb509f5cf8ea78037f77859fe2ccf7c7 100644
--- a/crates/storybook/src/storybook.rs
+++ b/crates/storybook/src/storybook.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use gpui::{
     div, px, size, AnyView, AppContext, Bounds, Render, ViewContext, VisualContext, WindowOptions,
 };
 use log::LevelFilter;
+use project::Project;
 use settings::{default_settings, KeymapFile, Settings, SettingsStore};
 use simplelog::SimpleLogger;
 use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ fn main() {
 
         language::init(cx);
         editor::init(cx);
+        Project::init_settings(cx);
         init(cx);
         load_storybook_keymap(cx);
         cx.set_menus(app_menus());