diff --git a/tools/xadd b/tools/xadd
index 90e0c03f04..bc2bd1d21a 100755
--- a/tools/xadd
+++ b/tools/xadd
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ from Boinc import database, db_mid, configxml, projectxml
 config = configxml.default_config()
 database.connect(config.config)
 
-projectxml.ProjectFile().read().commit_all()
+projectxml.default_project().commit_all()