# Juno -- start-up directory?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-start-up-directory/18284>\
**Category:** Juno\
**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-start-up-directory/18284 "2018-12-04T16:07:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![BLI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bli/32/37206_2.png) [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-start-up-directory/18284/1 "2018-12-04T16:07:14Z")

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Probably a stupid questions… but where do I set the start-up directory of REPL in Juno?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/5/8/589ae0731f8ae5d985f73e1399109f2f3106f51a.png)

The default start-up directory appears in the top of the Juno window… but where can I change it? Probably, the ideal would be that it starts in the directory REPL was set to the last time I used it.

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-start-up-directory/18284/2 "2018-12-04T16:42:50Z")

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Juno starts Julia in the topmost Atom project – you change the order by dragging another one there. See also  
[https://github.com/JunoLab/atom-julia-client/issues/511](https://github.com/JunoLab/atom-julia-client/issues/511)  
and  
[https://github.com/JunoLab/atom-julia-client/issues/490](https://github.com/JunoLab/atom-julia-client/issues/490)

I think I’ll add an option for persisting the working dir.

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**Author:** ![BLI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bli/32/37206_2.png) [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-start-up-directory/18284/3 "2018-12-04T16:47:51Z")

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Thanks. Quick answer :-).

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-start-up-directory/18284/4 "2018-12-04T17:18:50Z")

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Implemented with  
[https://github.com/JunoLab/atom-julia-client/commit/adf16b96893cf921b32e48f51075f26e443e2167](https://github.com/JunoLab/atom-julia-client/commit/adf16b96893cf921b32e48f51075f26e443e2167)

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**Author:** ![BLI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bli/32/37206_2.png) [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-start-up-directory/18284/5 "2018-12-04T18:00:09Z")

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That was quick. How do I set this option?

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**Author:** ![Lilith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lilith/32/27492_2.png) [@Lilith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Lilith)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/juno-start-up-directory/18284/6 "2021-11-17T05:09:49Z")

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Open settings via Command-J + Command-, or the Juno \> Settings menu. Expand “\> Julia Options”. Scroll down to “Persist Working Directory”, check the box, and enter “/Users/x/.julia/dev” or some such into the “Working Directory” field.

(Checking Persist Working Directory only without filling Working Directory does not appear to have any effect. It does not start a new Julia session where the last one ended.)