diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js
index 3bd4489c49..fae8bdc51e 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ class FileManager extends Plugin {
     const provider = this.fileProviderOf('/')
     // emit rootFolderChanged so that File Explorer reloads the file tree
     provider.event.emit('rootFolderChanged', provider.workspace || '/')
+    this.emit('rootFolderChanged', provider.workspace || '/')
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/events.ts b/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/events.ts
index 35beea2f39..0f9d7ba29f 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/events.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/actions/events.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ export const listenOnPluginEvents = (filePanelPlugin) => {
   plugin.on('remixd', 'rootFolderChanged', async (path: string) => {
     rootFolderChanged(path)
   })
+
+  plugin.on('fileManager', 'rootFolderChanged', async (path: string) => {
+    rootFolderChanged(path)
+  })
 }
 
 export const listenOnProviderEvents = (provider) => (reducerDispatch: React.Dispatch<any>) => {