diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js
index adc5840dfd..70dbdc7aca 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileProvider.js
@@ -196,11 +196,11 @@ class FileProvider {
   }
 
   /**
-   * copy the folder recursively
+   * copy the folder recursively (internal use)
    * @param {string} path is the folder to be copied over
    * @param {string} destination is the  destination folder
    */
-  copyFolderToJson (path) {
+   _copyFolderToJsonInternal (path) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const json = {}
       path = this.removePrefix(path)
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class FileProvider {
               const file = {}
               const curPath = `${path}${path.endsWith('/') ? '' : '/'}${item}`
               if (window.remixFileSystem.statSync(curPath).isDirectory()) {
-                file.children = await this.copyFolderToJson(curPath)
+                file.children = await this._copyFolderToJsonInternal(curPath)
               } else {
                 file.content = window.remixFileSystem.readFileSync(curPath, 'utf8')
               }
@@ -228,6 +228,15 @@ class FileProvider {
     })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * copy the folder recursively
+   * @param {string} path is the folder to be copied over
+   * @param {string} destination is the  destination folder
+   */
+  copyFolderToJson (path) {
+    return this._copyFolderToJsonInternal(path)
+  }
+
   removeFile (path) {
     path = this.removePrefix(path)
     if (window.remixFileSystem.existsSync(path) && !window.remixFileSystem.statSync(path).isDirectory()) {
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/workspaceFileProvider.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/workspaceFileProvider.js
index 8522f5ff4c..91f3227fbd 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/workspaceFileProvider.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/workspaceFileProvider.js
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ class WorkspaceFileProvider extends FileProvider {
     })
   }
 
+  async copyFolderToJson (directory) {
+    let json = await super._copyFolderToJsonInternal(directory)
+    const regex = new RegExp(`.workspaces/${this.workspace}/`, 'g');
+    json = JSON.stringify(json).replace(regex, '')
+    return JSON.parse(json)
+  }
+
   _normalizePath (path) {
     if (!this.workspace) throw new Error('No workspace has been opened.')
     return path.replace(this.workspacesPath + '/' + this.workspace + '/', '')