diff --git a/app/window/mainwindow/mainwindow.cpp b/app/window/mainwindow/mainwindow.cpp
index 69d81309c..e4bc0763b 100644
--- a/app/window/mainwindow/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/window/mainwindow/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ void MainWindow::ProjectOpen(Project *p)
   }
 
   panel->set_project(p);
+  panel->setFocus();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::ProjectClose(Project *p)