diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/connectors/projects.js b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/connectors/projects.js
index faccd3996e..ae7916a87f 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/connectors/projects.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/connectors/projects.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const cwd = require('./cwd')
 const prompts = require('./prompts')
 const folders = require('./folders')
 const plugins = require('./plugins')
+// Context
+const getContext = require('../context')
 
 const PROGRESS_ID = 'project-create'
 
@@ -295,7 +297,8 @@ async function open (id, context) {
   }).value()
 
   if (!project) {
-    throw new Error(`Project '${id}' not found`)
+    console.warn(`Project '${id}' not found`)
+    return null
   }
 
   currentProject = project
@@ -303,6 +306,9 @@ async function open (id, context) {
   // Load plugins
   plugins.list(project.path, context)
 
+  // Save for next time
+  context.db.set('config.lastOpenProject', id).write()
+
   return project
 }
 
@@ -329,6 +335,15 @@ function setFavorite ({ id, favorite }, context) {
   return findOne(id, context)
 }
 
+// Open last project
+{
+  const context = getContext(null)
+  const id = context.db.get('config.lastOpenProject').value()
+  if (id) {
+    open(id, context)
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   list,
   getCurrent,
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/context.js b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/context.js
index b586ab691d..c14b35fce8 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/context.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/context.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 const { db } = require('./utils/db')
+const pubsub = require('./pubsub')
 
 // Context passed to all resolvers (third argument)
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 module.exports = req => {
   return {
-    db
+    db,
+    pubsub
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/pubsub.js b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/pubsub.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fea486a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/pubsub.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+const { PubSub } = require('graphql-subscriptions')
+
+const pubsub = new PubSub()
+module.exports = pubsub
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/utils/db.js b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/utils/db.js
index 226e70f220..7929a1ae00 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/utils/db.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/utils/db.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ const db = new Lowdb(new FileSync(resolve(__dirname, '../../../live/db.json')))
 db.defaults({
   projects: [],
   foldersFavorite: [],
-  tasks: []
+  tasks: [],
+  config: {}
 }).write()
 
 module.exports = {