diff --git a/src/argocd/index.ts b/src/argocd/index.ts
index 0e70f57..f56998e 100644
--- a/src/argocd/index.ts
+++ b/src/argocd/index.ts
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ export class ArgoCDApi {
     // does the application exist?
     const appExists = await (
       await this._getClient()
-    ).get(`applications/${releaseName}`);
-
+      ).get(`applications/${releaseName}?project=${args.project}`);
+      
     let res: IRestResponse<unknown>;
 
     info(`Tokenizing with: ${JSON.stringify(args.tokens, null, 2)}`);