diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c488758d..269ca10e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -965,6 +965,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array 0.14.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "directories"
+version = "4.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f51c5d4ddabd36886dd3e1438cb358cdcb0d7c499cb99cb4ac2e38e18b5cb210"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-next"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -975,6 +984,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys-next",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03d86534ed367a67548dc68113a0f5db55432fdfbb6e6f9d77704397d95d5780"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "redox_users",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys-next"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -2132,6 +2152,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "crossbeam-channel 0.5.1",
  "crossbeam-utils 0.8.5",
+ "directories",
  "druid",
  "fuzzy-matcher",
  "fzyr",
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 456b2a9d..c60b327a 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ authors = ["Dongdong Zhou <dzhou121@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
+directories = "4.0.1"
 tinyfiledialogs = "3.8.3"
 itertools = "0.10.1"
 unicode-width = "0.1.8"
diff --git a/core/src/command.rs b/core/src/command.rs
index 7dbf9bd9..8477b52f 100644
--- a/core/src/command.rs
+++ b/core/src/command.rs
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ pub enum LapceCommand {
     #[strum(serialize = "change_theme")]
     #[strum(message = "Change Theme")]
     ChangeTheme,
+    #[strum(serialize = "open_settings")]
+    #[strum(message = "Open Settings")]
+    OpenSettings,
     #[strum(serialize = "join_lines")]
     JoinLines,
     #[strum(serialize = "search_whole_word_forward")]
diff --git a/core/src/data.rs b/core/src/data.rs
index ecf196d1..42b018cf 100644
--- a/core/src/data.rs
+++ b/core/src/data.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use crossbeam_channel::{bounded, unbounded, Receiver, Sender, TryRecvError};
 use crossbeam_utils::sync::WaitGroup;
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use druid::{
     piet::{PietText, Text},
     theme,
@@ -2640,6 +2641,19 @@ fn run_command(
                     self.apply_completion_item(ctx, &item);
                 }
             }
+            LapceCommand::OpenSettings => {
+                if let Some(proj_dirs) = ProjectDirs::from("", "", "Lapce") {
+                    std::fs::create_dir_all(proj_dirs.config_dir());
+                    let path = proj_dirs.config_dir().join("settings.toml");
+                    {
+                        std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+                            .create_new(true)
+                            .write(true)
+                            .open(&path);
+                    }
+                    self.main_split.open_file(ctx, &path);
+                }
+            }
             LapceCommand::NormalMode => {
                 let offset = match &self.editor.cursor.mode {
                     CursorMode::Insert(selection) => {
diff --git a/core/src/state.rs b/core/src/state.rs
index 03c16b76..40052846 100644
--- a/core/src/state.rs
+++ b/core/src/state.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ pub struct LapceWorkspace {
     pub path: PathBuf,
 }
 
+impl Default for LapceWorkspace {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            kind: LapceWorkspaceType::Local,
+            path: directories::UserDirs::new()
+                .unwrap()
+                .home_dir()
+                .to_path_buf(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct Counter(AtomicU64);
 
 impl Counter {
diff --git a/core/src/tab.rs b/core/src/tab.rs
index 49bdb336..d55718c3 100644
--- a/core/src/tab.rs
+++ b/core/src/tab.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ fn event(
         env: &Env,
     ) {
         match event {
+            Event::WindowConnected => {
+                data.proxy.start(
+                    data.workspace
+                        .clone()
+                        .map(|w| (*w).clone())
+                        .unwrap_or(LapceWorkspace::default()),
+                    ctx.get_external_handle(),
+                );
+            }
             Event::MouseDown(mouse) => {
                 if mouse.button.is_left() {
                     if let Some(position) = self.bar_hit_test(data, mouse.pos) {
diff --git a/core/src/window.rs b/core/src/window.rs
index cfdeb613..9cfb88e3 100644
--- a/core/src/window.rs
+++ b/core/src/window.rs
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ pub fn new_tab(
             data.theme.clone(),
             Some(ctx.get_external_handle()),
         );
-        if let Some(workspace) = workspace {
-            tab_data.set_workspace(workspace, ctx.get_external_handle());
-        }
         let tab = LapceTabNew::new(&tab_data).lens(LapceTabLens(tab_id));
         data.tabs.insert(tab_id, tab_data);
         if replace_current {