diff --git a/packages/metals-vscode/src/debugger/scalaDebugger.ts b/packages/metals-vscode/src/debugger/scalaDebugger.ts
index cf7212909..3dff88bb3 100644
--- a/packages/metals-vscode/src/debugger/scalaDebugger.ts
+++ b/packages/metals-vscode/src/debugger/scalaDebugger.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   WorkspaceFolder,
   DebugAdapterDescriptor,
   DebugConfigurationProviderTriggerKind,
-  workspace,
   tasks,
   Task,
   ShellExecution,
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from "metals-languageclient";
 import { ExtendedScalaRunMain, ScalaCodeLensesParams } from "./types";
 import { platform } from "os";
+import { currentWorkspace } from "../util";
 
 const configurationType = "scala";
 
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ function platformSpecificOptions(): vscode.ShellExecutionOptions {
 
 async function runMain(main: ExtendedScalaRunMain): Promise<boolean> {
   const { environmentVariables, shellCommand } = main.data;
-  if (workspace.workspaceFolders) {
+  const workspaceFolder = currentWorkspace();
+  if (workspaceFolder) {
     const env = environmentVariables.reduce<Record<string, string>>(
       (acc, envKeyValue) => {
         const [key, value] = envKeyValue.split("=");
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ async function runMain(main: ExtendedScalaRunMain): Promise<boolean> {
     const shellOptions = { ...platformSpecificOptions(), env };
     const task = new Task(
       { type: "scala", task: "run" },
-      workspace.workspaceFolders[0],
+      workspaceFolder,
       "Scala run",
       "Metals",
       new ShellExecution(shellCommand, shellOptions)
diff --git a/packages/metals-vscode/src/extension.ts b/packages/metals-vscode/src/extension.ts
index 1755c0174..aad9c576e 100644
--- a/packages/metals-vscode/src/extension.ts
+++ b/packages/metals-vscode/src/extension.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ import {
 import * as ext from "./hoverExtension";
 import { decodeAndShowFile, MetalsFileProvider } from "./metalsContentProvider";
 import {
+  currentWorkspace,
   getJavaHomeFromConfig,
   getTextDocumentPositionParams,
   getValueFromConfig,
@@ -959,7 +960,7 @@ function launchMetals(
         });
       });
 
-      const workspaceUri = workspace.workspaceFolders?.[0]?.uri;
+      const workspaceUri = currentWorkspace()?.uri;
       // NOTE: we offer a custom symbol search command to work around the limitations of the built-in one, see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98125 for more details.
       registerCommand(`metals.symbol-search`, () =>
         openSymbolSearch(client, metalsFileProvider, workspaceUri)
diff --git a/packages/metals-vscode/src/util.ts b/packages/metals-vscode/src/util.ts
index 5bc3c6e58..75f398742 100644
--- a/packages/metals-vscode/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/metals-vscode/src/util.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import * as path from "path";
 import os from "os";
 import {
-  workspace,
   TextEditor,
   WorkspaceConfiguration,
   ConfigurationTarget,
+  window,
+  workspace,
+  WorkspaceFolder,
 } from "vscode";
 import {
   ExecuteCommandRequest,
@@ -48,14 +50,29 @@ export function getConfigValue<A>(
 }
 
 export function metalsDir(target: ConfigurationTarget): string {
-  if (target == ConfigurationTarget.Workspace && workspace.workspaceFolders) {
-    const wsDir = workspace.workspaceFolders[0]?.uri.fsPath;
+  const workspaceFolder = currentWorkspace();
+  if (target == ConfigurationTarget.Workspace && workspaceFolder) {
+    const wsDir = workspaceFolder.uri.fsPath;
     return path.join(wsDir, ".metals");
   } else {
     return path.join(os.homedir(), ".metals");
   }
 }
 
+export function currentWorkspace(): WorkspaceFolder | undefined {
+  const activeEditor = window.activeTextEditor;
+  let workspaceIndex = 0;
+  if (activeEditor) {
+    const workspaceFolder = workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(
+      activeEditor.document.uri
+    );
+    if (workspaceFolder) {
+      workspaceIndex = workspaceFolder.index;
+    }
+  }
+  return workspace.workspaceFolders?.[workspaceIndex];
+}
+
 export function getTextDocumentPositionParams(
   editor: TextEditor
 ): TextDocumentPositionParams {