diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/ExtraeLocalManager.jl b/src/Instrumentation/ExtraeLocalManager.jl
index 60e7af3..596b590 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/ExtraeLocalManager.jl
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/ExtraeLocalManager.jl
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function Distributed.launch(manager::ExtraeLocalManager, params::Dict, launched:
     bind_to = manager.restrict ? `127.0.0.1` : `$(LPROC.bind_addr)`
     cookie = cluster_cookie()
 
+    active_project = Base.active_project()
     hookline = """
         using Distributed
         using Extrae
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ function Distributed.launch(manager::ExtraeLocalManager, params::Dict, launched:
 
     # Bug: Instead of using julia_cmd(exename), I directly use exename because idk howto access Base.julia_cmd
     for i in 1:manager.np
-        cmd = `env EXTRAE_SKIP_AUTO_LIBRARY_INITIALIZE=1 $exename $exeflags --project=. --bind-to $bind_to -e "$hookline"`
+        cmd = `env EXTRAE_SKIP_AUTO_LIBRARY_INITIALIZE=1 $exename $exeflags --project=$active_project --bind-to $bind_to -e "$hookline"`
         io = open(detach(setenv(cmd, dir=dir)), "r+")
         
         # Cluster cookie is not passed through IO. Instead, we set it