diff --git a/src/Router.tsx b/src/Router.tsx
index b97a50b58..c2836581d 100644
--- a/src/Router.tsx
+++ b/src/Router.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const createRouter = isDesktop() ? createHashRouter : createBrowserRouter
 const router = createRouter([
   {
     id: PATHS.INDEX,
-    element: <RootLayout/>,
+    element: <RootLayout />,
     children: [
       {
         path: PATHS.INDEX,
diff --git a/src/components/Providers/SystemIOProviderDesktop.tsx b/src/components/Providers/SystemIOProviderDesktop.tsx
index 42148b0a8..3686d1144 100644
--- a/src/components/Providers/SystemIOProviderDesktop.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Providers/SystemIOProviderDesktop.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import {
 import { SystemIOMachineEvents } from '@src/machines/systemIO/utils'
 import { useEffect } from 'react'
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
-import { projectsCommandBarConfig } from '@src/lib/commandBarConfigs/projectsCommandConfig'
-import useStateMachineCommands from '@src/hooks/useStateMachineCommands'
 
 export function SystemIOMachineLogicListener() {
   const requestedProjectName = useRequestedProjectName()
diff --git a/src/machines/systemIO/systemIOMachine.ts b/src/machines/systemIO/systemIOMachine.ts
index cf8433232..cf4654d53 100644
--- a/src/machines/systemIO/systemIOMachine.ts
+++ b/src/machines/systemIO/systemIOMachine.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   SystemIOMachineEvents,
   SystemIOMachineStates,
 } from '@src/machines/systemIO/utils'
+import toast from 'react-hot-toast'
 import { assertEvent, assign, fromPromise, setup } from 'xstate'
 
 /**
@@ -101,6 +102,28 @@ export const systemIOMachine = setup({
         return event.data.requestedDefaultProjectFolderName
       },
     }),
+    [SystemIOMachineActions.toastSuccess]: ({ event }) => {
+      toast.success(
+        ('data' in event && typeof event.data === 'string' && event.data) ||
+          ('output' in event &&
+            'message' in event.output &&
+            typeof event.output.message === 'string' &&
+            event.output.message) ||
+          ''
+      )
+    },
+    [SystemIOMachineActions.toastError]: ({ event }) => {
+      toast.error(
+        ('data' in event && typeof event.data === 'string' && event.data) ||
+          ('output' in event &&
+            typeof event.output === 'string' &&
+            event.output) ||
+          ('error' in event &&
+            event.error instanceof Error &&
+            event.error.message) ||
+          ''
+      )
+    },
   },
   actors: {
     [SystemIOMachineActors.readFoldersFromProjectDirectory]: fromPromise(
@@ -143,8 +166,7 @@ export const systemIOMachine = setup({
           requestedProjectName: string
           requestedFileName: string
           requestedCode: string
-
-}
+        }
       }) => {}
     ),
   },
@@ -227,9 +249,11 @@ export const systemIOMachine = setup({
         },
         onDone: {
           target: SystemIOMachineStates.readingFolders,
+          actions: [SystemIOMachineActions.toastSuccess],
         },
         onError: {
           target: SystemIOMachineStates.idle,
+          actions: [SystemIOMachineActions.toastError],
         },
       },
     },
diff --git a/src/machines/systemIO/systemIOMachineDesktop.ts b/src/machines/systemIO/systemIOMachineDesktop.ts
index 1f23b4fea..804106979 100644
--- a/src/machines/systemIO/systemIOMachineDesktop.ts
+++ b/src/machines/systemIO/systemIOMachineDesktop.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ export const systemIOMachineDesktop = systemIOMachine.provide({
         const requestedProjectName = input.requestedProjectName
         const uniqueName = getUniqueProjectName(requestedProjectName, folders)
         await createNewProjectDirectory(uniqueName)
+        return {
+          message: `Successfully created "${uniqueName}"`,
+          name: uniqueName,
+        }
       }
     ),
     [SystemIOMachineActors.renameProject]: fromPromise(
diff --git a/src/machines/systemIO/utils.ts b/src/machines/systemIO/utils.ts
index 8baaee263..1c4309a0e 100644
--- a/src/machines/systemIO/utils.ts
+++ b/src/machines/systemIO/utils.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ export enum SystemIOMachineActions {
   setRequestedProjectName = 'set requested project name',
   setRequestedFileName = 'set requested file name',
   setDefaultProjectFolderName = 'set default project folder name',
+  toastSuccess = 'toastSuccess',
+  toastError = 'toastError',
 }
 
 export const NO_PROJECT_DIRECTORY = ''