diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
deleted file mode 100644
index 22787b4..0000000
Binary files a/.DS_Store and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2dd9a5..0a5121f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
 dist
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3c1245..c6f8394 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   
   [![Tests](https://github.com/prisma/try-prisma/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/prisma/try-prisma/actions/workflows/test.yml)
   [![Linting](https://github.com/prisma/try-prisma/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/prisma/try-prisma/actions/workflows/lint.yml)
+
 </div>
 
 `try-prisma` is a CLI tool that helps you easily get up and running with any project from the [`prisma/prisma-examples`](https://github.com/prisma/prisma-examples) repository.
diff --git a/src/cli/index.ts b/src/cli/index.ts
index d0d17e3..2e58ab5 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default class Cli {
   async initialize() {
     // Grab projects
     const result = await getProjects();
-    
+
     this.projects = result?.[0] ?? []
     this.projectsWithSubfolders = result?.[1] ?? []
 
@@ -72,10 +72,14 @@ export default class Cli {
     // Collect user input
     if (!this.args.folder.length) {
       const projects = await prompts.selectORMorPDP()
-      if( projects !== "orm" ) {
+      if (projects !== "orm") {
         this.args.folder = projects;
       } else {
-        this.args.folder = await prompts.getRootDir();
+        // hack from #DA-1540
+        this.args.folder = 'typescript'
+        if (this.projects.filter((project) => project.startsWith(this.args.folder)).length === 0) {
+          this.args.folder = 'orm'
+        }
       }
       this.projects = this.projects.filter((project) =>
         project.startsWith(this.args.folder),
diff --git a/src/cli/prompts.ts b/src/cli/prompts.ts
index 22b4922..9f21991 100644
--- a/src/cli/prompts.ts
+++ b/src/cli/prompts.ts
@@ -63,30 +63,6 @@ const selectORMorPDP = async (): Promise<string> => {
   return start;
 };
 
-const getRootDir = async (): Promise<string> => {
-  logger.success(
-    `\nThese options correspond to the root directories in the prisma-examples repository:\n`,
-  );
-  const { rootDir } = await inquirer.prompt({
-    // @ts-expect-error Inquirer doesn't register the type.
-    type: "search-list",
-    message: `Which language do you want to use?`,
-    name: "rootDir",
-    choices: [
-      {
-        name: "TypeScript",
-        value: "typescript",
-      },
-      {
-        name: "JavaScript",
-        value: "javascript",
-      },
-    ],
-  });
-
-  return rootDir;
-};
-
 const getInstallSelection = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
   const { packages } = await inquirer.prompt({
     type: "confirm",
@@ -154,5 +130,4 @@ export default {
   getProjectName,
   selectManager,
   getTemplate,
-  getRootDir,
 };