diff --git a/apps/intellij/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/console/generate/NxGenerateService.kt b/apps/intellij/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/console/generate/NxGenerateService.kt
index 3ac34cb816..9773bfb133 100644
--- a/apps/intellij/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/console/generate/NxGenerateService.kt
+++ b/apps/intellij/src/main/kotlin/dev/nx/console/generate/NxGenerateService.kt
@@ -113,12 +113,8 @@ class NxGenerateService(val project: Project) {
         options: List<NxGeneratorOption>? = null
     ) {
         val generatorOptions =
-            if (options != null) options
-            else {
-                val nxProjectNames =
-                    project.service<NxlsService>().workspace()?.workspace?.projects?.keys?.toList()
-                        ?: emptyList()
-                project
+            options
+                ?: project
                     .service<NxlsService>()
                     .generatorOptions(
                         NxGeneratorOptionsRequestOptions(
@@ -127,17 +123,6 @@ class NxGenerateService(val project: Project) {
                             generator.path
                         )
                     )
-                    .map {
-                        if (
-                            it.name == "project" ||
-                                it.name == "projectName" ||
-                                it.dropdown == "projects"
-                        ) {
-                            it.items = nxProjectNames
-                        }
-                        it
-                    }
-            }
 
         val generatorWithOptions = NxGenerator(generator, generatorOptions)
 
diff --git a/libs/shared/nx-console-plugins/src/lib/internal-plugins/add-project-items-to-option-processor.ts b/libs/shared/nx-console-plugins/src/lib/internal-plugins/add-project-items-to-option-processor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..753a8e139b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/shared/nx-console-plugins/src/lib/internal-plugins/add-project-items-to-option-processor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { GeneratorSchema } from '@nx-console/shared/generate-ui-types';
+import { SchemaProcessor } from '../nx-console-plugin-types';
+import { NxWorkspace } from '@nx-console/shared/types';
+import { isProjectOption } from '@nx-console/shared/schema';
+
+export const addProjectItemsToOptionProcessor: SchemaProcessor = (
+  schema: GeneratorSchema,
+  workspace: NxWorkspace
+) => {
+  return {
+    ...schema,
+    options: (schema.options ?? []).map((option) => {
+      if (isProjectOption(option)) {
+        const projects = Object.keys(workspace.workspace.projects);
+        option.items = projects.sort();
+      }
+      return option;
+    }),
+  };
+};
diff --git a/libs/shared/nx-console-plugins/src/lib/internal-plugins/index.ts b/libs/shared/nx-console-plugins/src/lib/internal-plugins/index.ts
index 3d937f86b9..c620221e5a 100644
--- a/libs/shared/nx-console-plugins/src/lib/internal-plugins/index.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/nx-console-plugins/src/lib/internal-plugins/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { NxConsolePluginsDefinition } from '../nx-console-plugin-types';
+import { addProjectItemsToOptionProcessor } from './add-project-items-to-option-processor';
 import { filterInternalAndDeprecatedProcessor } from './filter-internal-and-deprecated-processor';
 import { gitCleanMessageFactory } from './git-clean-message-factory';
 import {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export const internalPlugins: NxConsolePluginsDefinition = {
     filterInternalAndDeprecatedProcessor,
     prefillProjectAndDirProcessor,
     nameAndDirectoryProcessor,
+    addProjectItemsToOptionProcessor,
   ],
   validators: [],
   startupMessageFactories: [
diff --git a/libs/vscode/generate-ui-webview/src/lib/init-generate-ui-webview.ts b/libs/vscode/generate-ui-webview/src/lib/init-generate-ui-webview.ts
index b36448eb35..d320bc6e18 100644
--- a/libs/vscode/generate-ui-webview/src/lib/init-generate-ui-webview.ts
+++ b/libs/vscode/generate-ui-webview/src/lib/init-generate-ui-webview.ts
@@ -36,23 +36,8 @@ export async function openGenerateUi(
     };
   }
 
-  generateUIWebview.openGenerateUi(
-    await augmentGeneratorSchema({
-      ...generator,
-      context: generatorContext,
-    })
-  );
-}
-
-async function augmentGeneratorSchema(
-  generatorSchema: GeneratorSchema
-): Promise<GeneratorSchema> {
-  for (const option of generatorSchema.options) {
-    if (isProjectOption(option)) {
-      const projects = Object.entries(await getNxWorkspaceProjects());
-      option.items = projects.map((entry) => entry[0]).sort();
-    }
-  }
-
-  return generatorSchema;
+  generateUIWebview.openGenerateUi({
+    ...generator,
+    context: generatorContext,
+  });
 }