diff --git a/geany/signalmanager.py b/geany/signalmanager.py
index 5b54194..bcaf0d5 100644
--- a/geany/signalmanager.py
+++ b/geany/signalmanager.py
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ class SignalManager(gobject.GObject):
 		'project-close': 			(gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST, gobject.TYPE_NONE,
 										()),
 		'project-dialog-confirmed':	(gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST, gobject.TYPE_NONE,
-										(gobject.TYPE_OBJECT,)),
+										(gobject.TYPE_PYOBJECT,)),
 		'project-dialog-create':	(gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST, gobject.TYPE_NONE,
-										(gobject.TYPE_OBJECT,)),
+										(gobject.TYPE_PYOBJECT,)),
 		'project-open':				(gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST, gobject.TYPE_NONE,
 										(gobject.TYPE_PYOBJECT,)),
 		'project-save':				(gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST, gobject.TYPE_NONE,
diff --git a/src/signalmanager.c b/src/signalmanager.c
index 5ee78b6..7e0f73a 100644
--- a/src/signalmanager.c
+++ b/src/signalmanager.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static void on_project_dialog_confirmed(GObject *geany_object, GtkWidget *notebo
 static void on_project_dialog_create(GObject *geany_object, GtkWidget *notebook, SignalManager *man)
 {
 	PyObject *gob = (PyObject *) pygobject_new(G_OBJECT(notebook));
-	g_signal_emit_by_name(man->obj, "project-dialog-confirmed", gob);
+	g_signal_emit_by_name(man->obj, "project-dialog-create", gob);
 	Py_XDECREF(gob);
 }