diff --git a/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m b/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m
index bed48cdb..cf4fd6d3 100644
--- a/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m
+++ b/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function varargout = EASYconsole(varargin)
         end
         fprintf('Scanning inside %s for a project directory\n', d);
         sortedMatchedDirs=sortrows(matchedDirs);
-        project=sortedMatchedDirs{0}; % select the latest dir (by date prefix)
+        project=sortedMatchedDirs{1}; % select the latest dir (by date prefix)
         fprintf('Selected latest project directory %s\n', char(project));
       end
     end
diff --git a/workflow/apps/matlab/ezview/EZvInitLoad.m b/workflow/apps/matlab/ezview/EZvInitLoad.m
index 4a8bf215..7139080b 100755
--- a/workflow/apps/matlab/ezview/EZvInitLoad.m
+++ b/workflow/apps/matlab/ezview/EZvInitLoad.m
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ fprintf('This script name: %s\n', ezFileName);
     };
     for i=1:length(dirsToScan)
       d=dirsToScan(i);
+      d=char(d);
       if exist(d, 'dir')
         subDirs=dir(d);
         pattern='^\d{6}_.*_.*';
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ fprintf('This script name: %s\n', ezFileName);
         end
         fprintf('Scanning inside %s for a project directory\n', char(d));
         sortedMatchedDirs=sortrows(matchedDirs);
-        project=sortedMatchedDirs{0}; % select the latest dir (by date prefix)
+        project=sortedMatchedDirs{1}; % select the latest dir (by date prefix)
         fprintf('Selected latest project directory %s\n', char(project));
       end
     end