diff --git a/src/server/service/project/getProjectMeta.ts b/src/server/service/project/getProjectMeta.ts
index eaa3c7d..7867f6d 100644
--- a/src/server/service/project/getProjectMeta.ts
+++ b/src/server/service/project/getProjectMeta.ts
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ export const getProjectMeta = async (
     .map(
       (d) =>
         ({
-          fullPath: resolve(d.parentPath, d.name),
-          stats: statSync(resolve(d.parentPath, d.name)),
+          fullPath: resolve(claudeProjectPath, d.name),
+          stats: statSync(resolve(claudeProjectPath, d.name)),
         }) as const,
     )
-    .toSorted((a, b) => {
+    .sort((a, b) => {
       return a.stats.ctime.getTime() - b.stats.ctime.getTime();
     });
 
diff --git a/src/server/service/project/getProjects.ts b/src/server/service/project/getProjects.ts
index ee24322..49e4a3a 100644
--- a/src/server/service/project/getProjects.ts
+++ b/src/server/service/project/getProjects.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { readdir } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { constants } from "node:fs";
+import { access, readdir } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { resolve } from "node:path";
 
 import { claudeProjectPath } from "../paths";
@@ -7,28 +8,42 @@ import { getProjectMeta } from "./getProjectMeta";
 import { encodeProjectId } from "./id";
 
 export const getProjects = async (): Promise<{ projects: Project[] }> => {
-  const dirents = await readdir(claudeProjectPath, { withFileTypes: true });
-  const projects = await Promise.all(
-    dirents
-      .filter((d) => d.isDirectory())
-      .map(async (d) => {
-        const fullPath = resolve(d.parentPath, d.name);
-        const id = encodeProjectId(fullPath);
+  try {
+    // Check if the claude projects directory exists
+    await access(claudeProjectPath, constants.F_OK);
+  } catch (_error) {
+    // Directory doesn't exist, return empty array
+    console.warn(`Claude projects directory not found at ${claudeProjectPath}`);
+    return { projects: [] };
+  }
 
-        return {
-          id,
-          claudeProjectPath: fullPath,
-          meta: await getProjectMeta(fullPath),
-        };
+  try {
+    const dirents = await readdir(claudeProjectPath, { withFileTypes: true });
+    const projects = await Promise.all(
+      dirents
+        .filter((d) => d.isDirectory())
+        .map(async (d) => {
+          const fullPath = resolve(claudeProjectPath, d.name);
+          const id = encodeProjectId(fullPath);
+
+          return {
+            id,
+            claudeProjectPath: fullPath,
+            meta: await getProjectMeta(fullPath),
+          };
+        }),
+    );
+
+    return {
+      projects: projects.sort((a, b) => {
+        return (
+          (b.meta.lastModifiedAt?.getTime() ?? 0) -
+          (a.meta.lastModifiedAt?.getTime() ?? 0)
+        );
       }),
-  );
-
-  return {
-    projects: projects.sort((a, b) => {
-      return (
-        (b.meta.lastModifiedAt?.getTime() ?? 0) -
-        (a.meta.lastModifiedAt?.getTime() ?? 0)
-      );
-    }),
-  };
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error reading projects:", error);
+    return { projects: [] };
+  }
 };
diff --git a/src/server/service/session/getSessions.ts b/src/server/service/session/getSessions.ts
index 9f4be4b..5927429 100644
--- a/src/server/service/session/getSessions.ts
+++ b/src/server/service/session/getSessions.ts
@@ -15,24 +15,29 @@ export const getSessions = async (
 ): Promise<{ sessions: Session[] }> => {
   const claudeProjectPath = decodeProjectId(projectId);
 
-  const dirents = await readdir(claudeProjectPath, { withFileTypes: true });
-  const sessions = await Promise.all(
-    dirents
-      .filter((d) => d.isFile() && d.name.endsWith(".jsonl"))
-      .map(async (d): Promise<Session> => {
-        const fullPath = resolve(d.parentPath, d.name);
+  try {
+    const dirents = await readdir(claudeProjectPath, { withFileTypes: true });
+    const sessions = await Promise.all(
+      dirents
+        .filter((d) => d.isFile() && d.name.endsWith(".jsonl"))
+        .map(async (d): Promise<Session> => {
+          const fullPath = resolve(claudeProjectPath, d.name);
 
-        return {
-          id: basename(fullPath, extname(fullPath)),
-          jsonlFilePath: fullPath,
-          meta: await getSessionMeta(fullPath),
-        };
+          return {
+            id: basename(fullPath, extname(fullPath)),
+            jsonlFilePath: fullPath,
+            meta: await getSessionMeta(fullPath),
+          };
+        }),
+    );
+
+    return {
+      sessions: sessions.sort((a, b) => {
+        return getTime(b.meta.lastModifiedAt) - getTime(a.meta.lastModifiedAt);
       }),
-  );
-
-  return {
-    sessions: sessions.sort((a, b) => {
-      return getTime(b.meta.lastModifiedAt) - getTime(a.meta.lastModifiedAt);
-    }),
-  };
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn(`Failed to read sessions for project ${projectId}:`, error);
+    return { sessions: [] };
+  }
 };