diff --git a/meshroom/ui/qml/ImageGallery/ImageGallery.qml b/meshroom/ui/qml/ImageGallery/ImageGallery.qml
index c89afcce..7f34a66d 100644
--- a/meshroom/ui/qml/ImageGallery/ImageGallery.qml
+++ b/meshroom/ui/qml/ImageGallery/ImageGallery.qml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Panel {
     readonly property string currentItemSource: grid.currentItem ? grid.currentItem.source : ""
     readonly property var currentItemMetadata: grid.currentItem ? grid.currentItem.metadata : undefined
     readonly property int centerViewId: (_reconstruction && _reconstruction.sfmTransform) ? parseInt(_reconstruction.sfmTransform.attribute("transformation").value) : 0
+    readonly property alias galleryGrid: grid
 
     property int defaultCellSize: 160
     property bool readOnly: false
diff --git a/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml b/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml
index 284c7c6d..dab41815 100644
--- a/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml
+++ b/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Item {
     property bool readOnly: false
     property alias panel3dViewer: panel3dViewerLoader.item
     readonly property Viewer2D viewer2D: viewer2D
+    readonly property alias imageGallery: imageGallery
 
     implicitWidth: 300
     implicitHeight: 400
diff --git a/meshroom/ui/qml/main.qml b/meshroom/ui/qml/main.qml
index 231fc94e..d3b31d36 100644
--- a/meshroom/ui/qml/main.qml
+++ b/meshroom/ui/qml/main.qml
@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         let folder = "";
         if (_reconstruction.graph && _reconstruction.graph.filepath) {
             folder = Filepath.stringToUrl(Filepath.dirname(_reconstruction.graph.filepath));
+            if (imagesFolder.toString() === "" && workspaceView.imageGallery.galleryGrid.itemAtIndex(0) !== null) {
+                imagesFolder = Filepath.dirname(workspaceView.imageGallery.galleryGrid.itemAtIndex(0).source);
+            }
         } else {
             var projects = MeshroomApp.recentProjectFiles;
             if (projects.length > 0 && Filepath.exists(projects[0])) {