diff --git a/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/COOJAProject.java b/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/COOJAProject.java
index 5e303c5a4..685e333d5 100644
--- a/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/COOJAProject.java
+++ b/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/COOJAProject.java
@@ -29,21 +29,62 @@
 package se.sics.cooja;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-
+import java.util.Collections;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
  * COOJA Project.
  *
  * @author Fredrik Osterlind
+ * @author Moritz Strübe
  */
 public class COOJAProject {
 	private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(COOJAProject.class);
+	
+	
+	public static File[] sarchProjects(File folder){
+		return sarchProjects(folder, 3);
+	}
+	
+	public static File[] sarchProjects(File folder, int depth){
+		if(depth == 0){
+			return null;
+		}
+		depth--;
+		ArrayList<File> dirs = new ArrayList<File>();
+		
+		if(!folder.isDirectory()){
+			logger.warn("Project directorys: " + folder.getPath() + "is not a Folder" );
+			return null;
+		}
+		File[] files = folder.listFiles();
+		for(File subf : files){
+			if(subf.getName().charAt(0) == '.') continue;
+			if(subf.isDirectory()){
+				File[] newf = sarchProjects(subf, depth);
+				if(newf != null){
+					Collections.addAll(dirs, newf);
+				}
+			}
+			if(subf.getName().equals(GUI.PROJECT_CONFIG_FILENAME)){
+				try{
+					dirs.add(folder);
+				} catch(Exception e){
+					logger.error("Somthing odd happend", e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return dirs.toArray(new File[0]);
+		
+	}
 
+	
 	public File dir = null;
 	public File configFile = null;
 	public ProjectConfig config = null;
+	
 
 	public COOJAProject(File dir) {
 		try {
diff --git a/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/GUI.java b/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/GUI.java
index 6434d6fd4..a0e7a7826 100644
--- a/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/GUI.java
+++ b/tools/cooja/java/se/sics/cooja/GUI.java
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ public class GUI extends Observable {
   public static Properties currentExternalToolsSettings;
 
   private static final String externalToolsSettingNames[] = new String[] {
-    "PATH_CONTIKI", "PATH_COOJA_CORE_RELATIVE", "PATH_COOJA", "PATH_APPS",
+    "PATH_CONTIKI", "PATH_COOJA_CORE_RELATIVE","PATH_COOJA","PATH_APPS",
+    "PATH_APPSEARCH",
 
     "PATH_MAKE",
     "PATH_SHELL",
@@ -426,6 +427,20 @@ public class GUI extends Observable {
         currentProjects.add(new COOJAProject(projectDir));
       }
     }
+    
+    //Scan for projects
+    String searchProjectDirs = getExternalToolsSetting("PATH_APPSEARCH", null);
+    if (searchProjectDirs != null && searchProjectDirs.length() > 0) {
+      String[] arr = searchProjectDirs.split(";");
+      for (String d : arr) {
+    	  File searchDir = restorePortablePath(new File(d));
+    	  File[] projects = COOJAProject.sarchProjects(searchDir, 3);
+    	  if(projects == null) continue;
+    	  for(File p : projects){
+    		  currentProjects.add(new COOJAProject(p));
+    	  }
+      }
+    }
 
     /* Parse current extension configuration */
     try {