diff --git a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
index ff3700d..ed31714 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@
 			ret.formattedWrite("\n  <Folder name=\"%s\">", pack.name);
 			Path lastFolder;
 			foreach(source; sortedSources(sourceFiles.keys)) {
+				logTrace("source looking at %s", source.structurePath);
 				auto cur = source.structurePath[0..$-1];
 				if(lastFolder != cur) {
 					size_t same = 0;
diff --git a/source/dub/package_.d b/source/dub/package_.d
index 828703a..5ce372b 100644
--- a/source/dub/package_.d
+++ b/source/dub/package_.d
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import std.conv;
 import std.exception;
 import std.file;
+import vibe.core.log;
 import vibe.core.file;
 import vibe.data.json;
 import vibe.inet.url;
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@
 		auto customSourcePath = "sourcePath" in m_meta;
 		if(customSourcePath)
 			sourcePath = Path(customSourcePath.get!string());
+		logTrace("Parsing directory for sources: %s", m_path ~ sourcePath);
 		foreach(d; dirEntries((m_path ~ sourcePath).toNativeString(), "*.d", SpanMode.depth)) {
 			// direct assignment allSources ~= Path(d.name)[...] spawns internal compiler/linker error
 			if(isDir(d.name)) continue;
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 30c3e7d..2e048b6 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@
 
 		if( !existsFile(m_root~PackageJsonFilename) ){
 			logWarn("There was no '"~PackageJsonFilename~"' found for the application in '%s'.", m_root.toNativeString());
+			auto json = Json.EmptyObject;
+			json.name = "";
+			m_main = new Package(json, InstallLocation.Local, m_root);
 			return;
 		}