diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/helpers.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/helpers.ts
index d282a4e29..f07bcb583 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/helpers.ts
@@ -809,7 +809,9 @@ export function getFirstWorkspaceFolder() {
 
   // For the vscode-codeql-starter repo, the first folder will be a ql pack
   // so we need to get the parent folder
-  if (firstFolderFsPath.includes("codeql-custom-queries")) {
+  if (
+    firstFolderFsPath.includes("vscode-codeql-starter/codeql-custom-queries")
+  ) {
     // return the parent folder
     return dirname(firstFolderFsPath);
   } else {