diff --git a/webapp/src/components/App/Studies/StudyTree/__test__/fixtures.ts b/webapp/src/components/App/Studies/StudyTree/__test__/fixtures.ts
index 5ac08ebfb2..616d018500 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/App/Studies/StudyTree/__test__/fixtures.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/components/App/Studies/StudyTree/__test__/fixtures.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ export const FIXTURES_BUILD_STUDY_TREE = {
       name: "root",
       path: "",
       children: [
+        {
+          name: "default",
+          path: "/default",
+          children: [],
+        },
         {
           name: "workspace",
           path: "/workspace",
@@ -270,6 +275,11 @@ export const FIXTURES_BUILD_STUDY_TREE = {
       name: "root",
       path: "",
       children: [
+        {
+          name: "default",
+          path: "/default",
+          children: [],
+        },
         {
           name: "workspace",
           path: "/workspace",
diff --git a/webapp/src/components/App/Studies/StudyTree/utils.ts b/webapp/src/components/App/Studies/StudyTree/utils.ts
index 87670d03e6..405ecb6ceb 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/App/Studies/StudyTree/utils.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/components/App/Studies/StudyTree/utils.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,18 @@ import type { StudyTreeNode, NonStudyFolderDTO } from "./types";
  * @returns A tree structure representing the studies.
  */
 export function buildStudyTree(studies: StudyMetadata[]) {
+  // It is important to initialize the root node with the default workspace as a child
+  // Otherwise we won't see the default workspace if no study has a path (which only
+  // happens when a user moves a study to another folder)
   const tree: StudyTreeNode = {
     name: "root",
-    children: [],
+    children: [
+      {
+        name: "default",
+        children: [],
+        path: "/default",
+      },
+    ],
     path: "",
   };