diff --git a/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/projectmanager.vim b/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/projectmanager.vim
index da63c8ea5..1c0da2e88 100644
--- a/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/projectmanager.vim
+++ b/autoload/SpaceVim/plugins/projectmanager.vim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 if has('nvim-0.5.0')
   function! SpaceVim#plugins#projectmanager#complete_project(ArgLead, CmdLine, CursorPos) abort
-    return luaeval('require("spacevim.plugin.projectmanager").complete('
+    return luaeval('require("spacevim.plugin.projectmanager").complete_project('
           \ .'require("spacevim").eval("a:ArgLead"),'
           \ .'require("spacevim").eval("a:CmdLine"),'
           \ .'require("spacevim").eval("a:CursorPos"))')
@@ -268,8 +268,11 @@ else
   endfunction
 
   function! SpaceVim#plugins#projectmanager#OpenProject(p) abort
-    let dir = get(g:, 'spacevim_src_root', '~') . a:p
-    exe 'CtrlP '. dir
+    let dir = get(g:, 'spacevim_src_root', '~')
+    let  project_root = s:FILE.unify_path(dir, ':p') . a:p
+    if isdirectory(project_root)
+      call execute('tabnew | cd ' . project_root . ' | Startify')
+    endif
   endfunction
   " this function will use fuzzy find layer, now only denite and unite are
   " supported.
diff --git a/lua/spacevim/plugin/projectmanager.lua b/lua/spacevim/plugin/projectmanager.lua
index daabddb00..b72bf34fc 100644
--- a/lua/spacevim/plugin/projectmanager.lua
+++ b/lua/spacevim/plugin/projectmanager.lua
@@ -366,10 +366,10 @@ function M.kill_project()
 end
 
 function M.complete_project(arglead, cmdline, cursorpos)
-  local dir = '~'
+  local dir = vim.g.spacevim_src_root or '~'
   local result = fn.split(fn.globpath(dir, '*'), '\n')
   local ps = {}
-  for p in result do
+  for _, p in pairs(result) do
     if fn.isdirectory(p) == 1 and fn.isdirectory(p .. sp_file.separator .. '.git') == 1 then
       table.insert(ps, fn.fnamemodify(p, ':t'))
     end
@@ -378,7 +378,11 @@ function M.complete_project(arglead, cmdline, cursorpos)
 end
 
 function M.OpenProject(p)
-  sp.cmd('CtrlP ' .. dir)
+  local dir = vim.g.spacevim_src_root or '~'
+  local project_root = sp_file.unify_path(dir, ':p') .. p
+  if vim.fn.isdirectory(project_root) == 1 then
+    sp.cmd('tabnew | cd ' .. project_root .. ' | Startify')
+  end
 end
 
 function M.current_root()