diff --git a/src/Editor/Icons.qrc b/src/Editor/Icons.qrc
index ab4b1714..40893644 100644
--- a/src/Editor/Icons.qrc
+++ b/src/Editor/Icons.qrc
@@ -70,5 +70,6 @@
         <file>icons/Open_16px.png</file>
         <file>icons/New_16px.png</file>
         <file>icons/Disc_16px.png</file>
+        <file>icons/World_16px.png</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/src/Editor/WorldEditor/CWorldEditor.cpp b/src/Editor/WorldEditor/CWorldEditor.cpp
index cd029e63..786fc851 100644
--- a/src/Editor/WorldEditor/CWorldEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/Editor/WorldEditor/CWorldEditor.cpp
@@ -252,10 +252,6 @@ bool CWorldEditor::CloseWorld()
         if (mpPoiDialog)
             mpPoiDialog->close();
 
-        // Clear old area - hack until better world/area loader is implemented
-        if (mpArea)
-            mpArea->ClearScriptLayers();
-
         mpArea = nullptr;
         mpWorld = nullptr;
 
@@ -575,13 +571,6 @@ void CWorldEditor::OnActiveProjectChanged(CGameProject *pProj)
     if (!pProj) return;
 
     // Update recent projects list
-    QSettings Settings;
-    QStringList RecentProjectsList = Settings.value("WorldEditor/RecentProjectsList").toStringList();
-    QString ProjPath = TO_QSTRING(pProj->ProjectPath());
-
-    RecentProjectsList.removeAll(ProjPath);
-    RecentProjectsList.prepend(ProjPath);
-    Settings.setValue("WorldEditor/RecentProjectsList", RecentProjectsList);
     UpdateOpenRecentActions();
 
     ChangeEditMode(eWEM_EditWorldInfo);
@@ -717,6 +706,26 @@ void CWorldEditor::UpdateOpenRecentActions()
     QSettings Settings;
     QStringList RecentProjectsList = Settings.value("WorldEditor/RecentProjectsList").toStringList();
 
+    // Bump the current project to the front
+    CGameProject *pProj = gpEdApp->ActiveProject();
+
+    if (pProj)
+    {
+        QString ProjPath = TO_QSTRING(pProj->ProjectPath());
+        RecentProjectsList.removeAll(ProjPath);
+        RecentProjectsList.prepend(ProjPath);
+    }
+
+    // Remove projects that don't exist anymore
+    foreach (const QString& rkProj, RecentProjectsList)
+    {
+        if (!FileUtil::Exists( TO_TWIDESTRING(rkProj) ))
+            RecentProjectsList.removeAll(rkProj);
+    }
+
+    Settings.setValue("WorldEditor/RecentProjectsList", RecentProjectsList);
+
+    // Set up the menu actions
     for (int iProj = 0; iProj < mskMaxRecentProjects; iProj++)
     {
         QAction *pAction = mRecentProjectsActions[iProj];
diff --git a/src/Editor/WorldEditor/CWorldTreeModel.cpp b/src/Editor/WorldEditor/CWorldTreeModel.cpp
index d72b02cb..7f5177cb 100644
--- a/src/Editor/WorldEditor/CWorldTreeModel.cpp
+++ b/src/Editor/WorldEditor/CWorldTreeModel.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ QVariant CWorldTreeModel::data(const QModelIndex& rkIndex, int Role) const
 
     else if (Role == Qt::DecorationRole)
     {
-        static QIcon sWorldIcon = QIcon(":/icons/World.png");
+        static QIcon sWorldIcon = QIcon(":/icons/World_16px.png");
         static QIcon sAreaIcon  = QIcon(":/icons/New_16px.png");
 
         if (rkIndex.column() == 1)
diff --git a/src/Editor/icons/World_16px.png b/src/Editor/icons/World_16px.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e417687
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/Editor/icons/World_16px.png differ
diff --git a/src/Editor/main.cpp b/src/Editor/main.cpp
index 777ff369..71f7e437 100644
--- a/src/Editor/main.cpp
+++ b/src/Editor/main.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include "CEditorApplication.h"
+#include "UICommon.h"
 #include <Common/Log.h>
 #include <Core/Resource/Factory/CTemplateLoader.h>
 
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QIcon>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QStyleFactory>
 #include <QtGlobal>