diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92e0f944..3f1880af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 ### 🐞 Fixes
 
+- [#469](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/469): Fix for using the root folder as content folder
 - [#470](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/470): Fix `initialize project` dashboard description
 - [#482](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/482): Update the description when you want to overwrite the default content type description
 
diff --git a/src/commands/Folders.ts b/src/commands/Folders.ts
index ed280a5f..7ea268d2 100644
--- a/src/commands/Folders.ts
+++ b/src/commands/Folders.ts
@@ -253,14 +253,19 @@ export class Folders {
         try {
           let projectStart = parseWinPath(folder.path).replace(wsFolder, "");
           
-          if (projectStart) {
+          if (typeof projectStart === 'string') {
             projectStart = projectStart.replace(/\\/g, '/');
             projectStart = projectStart.startsWith('/') ? projectStart.substring(1) : projectStart;
 
             let files: Uri[] = [];
             
             for (const fileType of (supportedFiles || DEFAULT_FILE_TYPES)) {
-              const filePath = join(projectStart, folder.excludeSubdir ? '/' : '**', `*${fileType.startsWith('.') ? '' : '.'}${fileType}`);
+              let filePath = join(projectStart, folder.excludeSubdir ? '/' : '**', `*${fileType.startsWith('.') ? '' : '.'}${fileType}`);
+
+              if (projectStart === '' && folder.excludeSubdir) {
+                filePath = `*${fileType.startsWith('.') ? '' : '.'}${fileType}`;
+              }
+              
               const foundFiles = await workspace.findFiles(filePath, '**/node_modules/**');
               files = [...files, ...foundFiles];
             }