1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/modules/mono/editor/GodotTools/GodotTools.IdeMessaging/Client.cs b/modules/mono/editor/GodotTools/GodotTools.IdeMessaging/Client.cs
index 1d7bfaf0a4..bc09e1ebf9 100644
--- a/modules/mono/editor/GodotTools/GodotTools.IdeMessaging/Client.cs
+++ b/modules/mono/editor/GodotTools/GodotTools.IdeMessaging/Client.cs
@@ -121,15 +121,20 @@ namespace GodotTools.IdeMessaging
             this.messageHandler = messageHandler;
             this.logger = logger;
 
-            // TODO: Need to fetch the project data dir name from ProjectSettings instead of defaulting to ".godot"
             string projectMetadataDir = Path.Combine(godotProjectDir, ".godot", "mono", "metadata");
+            // FileSystemWatcher requires an existing directory
+            if (!Directory.Exists(projectMetadataDir)) {
+                // Check if the non hidden version exists
+                string nonHiddenProjectMetadataDir = Path.Combine(godotProjectDir, "godot", "mono", "metadata");
+                if (Directory.Exists(nonHiddenProjectMetadataDir)) {
+                    projectMetadataDir = nonHiddenProjectMetadataDir;
+                } else {
+                    Directory.CreateDirectory(projectMetadataDir);
+                }
+            }
 
             MetaFilePath = Path.Combine(projectMetadataDir, GodotIdeMetadata.DefaultFileName);
 
-            // FileSystemWatcher requires an existing directory
-            if (!Directory.Exists(projectMetadataDir))
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(projectMetadataDir);
-
             fsWatcher = new FileSystemWatcher(projectMetadataDir, GodotIdeMetadata.DefaultFileName);
         }