diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/store/projects.ts b/apps/desktop/src/store/projects.ts
index 8190cdf4e4af..eb993cd400f9 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/store/projects.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/store/projects.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { atom } from 'nanostores'
 
 import { liveSessionProjectId, type SidebarProjectTree } from '@/app/chat/sidebar/projects/workspace-groups'
 import type { HermesGitBranch } from '@/global'
-import { desktopDefaultCwd, isDesktopFsRemoteMode, selectDesktopPaths } from '@/lib/desktop-fs'
+import { desktopDefaultCwd, isDesktopFsRemoteMode, selectDesktopPaths, writeDesktopFileText } from '@/lib/desktop-fs'
 import { desktopGit } from '@/lib/desktop-git'
 import { persistentAtom } from '@/lib/persisted'
 import { activeGateway, ensureActiveGatewayOpen } from '@/store/gateway'
@@ -336,20 +336,19 @@ export async function generateProjectIdea(name: string): Promise<string> {
   }
 }
 
-// Write IDEA.md to a project's primary folder (desktop only, best-effort). Local
-// fs write is hardened in the electron main; a remote backend / missing bridge
-// just skips it.
+// Write IDEA.md to a project's primary folder (best-effort). Routes through the
+// remote-aware fs write, so it lands on the backend for a remote gateway and on
+// disk locally — the project is created regardless of whether the file lands.
 async function writeProjectIdea(folder: null | string | undefined, idea: string): Promise<void> {
   const dir = (folder || '').trim()
   const body = idea.trim()
-  const write = window.hermesDesktop?.writeTextFile
 
-  if (!dir || !body || !write) {
+  if (!dir || !body) {
     return
   }
 
   try {
-    await write(`${dir.replace(/[/\\]+$/, '')}/IDEA.md`, body.endsWith('\n') ? body : `${body}\n`)
+    await writeDesktopFileText(`${dir.replace(/[/\\]+$/, '')}/IDEA.md`, body.endsWith('\n') ? body : `${body}\n`)
   } catch {
     // Best-effort: the project is created regardless of whether IDEA.md lands.
   }