diff --git a/gns3server/controller/project.py b/gns3server/controller/project.py
index d7a52af1..819eb454 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/project.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/project.py
@@ -119,7 +119,21 @@ class Project:
         if node_id not in self._nodes:
             node = Node(self, compute, node_id=node_id, **kwargs)
             if compute not in self._project_created_on_compute:
-                yield from compute.post("/projects", self)
+                # For a local server we send the project path
+                if compute.id == "local":
+                    yield from compute.post("/projects", {
+                        "name": self._name,
+                        "project_id": self._id,
+                        "temporary": self._temporary,
+                        "path": self._path
+                    })
+                else:
+                    yield from compute.post("/projects", {
+                        "name": self._name,
+                        "project_id": self._id,
+                        "temporary": self._temporary
+                    })
+
                 self._project_created_on_compute.add(compute)
             yield from node.create()
             self._nodes[node.id] = node
diff --git a/tests/controller/test_project.py b/tests/controller/test_project.py
index 279884c1..75881c2c 100644
--- a/tests/controller/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/controller/test_project.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ def test_captures_directory(tmpdir):
     assert p.captures_directory == str(tmpdir / "project-files" / "captures")
     assert os.path.exists(p.captures_directory)
 
+
 def test_add_compute(async_run):
     compute = MagicMock()
     project = Project()
@@ -75,8 +76,12 @@ def test_add_compute(async_run):
     assert compute in project._computes
 
 
-def test_add_node(async_run):
+def test_add_node_local(async_run):
+    """
+    For a local server we send the project path
+    """
     compute = MagicMock()
+    compute.id = "local"
     project = Project()
 
     response = MagicMock()
@@ -85,9 +90,40 @@ def test_add_node(async_run):
 
     node = async_run(project.add_node(compute, None, name="test", node_type="vpcs", properties={"startup_config": "test.cfg"}))
 
+    compute.post.assert_any_call('/projects', {
+        "name": project._name,
+        "project_id": project._id,
+        "temporary": project._temporary,
+        "path": project._path
+    })
+    compute.post.assert_any_call('/projects/{}/vpcs/nodes'.format(project.id),
+                                 data={'node_id': node.id,
+                                       'startup_config': 'test.cfg',
+                                       'name': 'test'})
+    assert compute in project._project_created_on_compute
+
+
+def test_add_node_non_local(async_run):
+    """
+    For a non local server we do not send the project path
+    """
+    compute = MagicMock()
+    compute.id = "remote"
+    project = Project()
+
+    response = MagicMock()
+    response.json = {"console": 2048}
+    compute.post = AsyncioMagicMock(return_value=response)
+
+    node = async_run(project.add_node(compute, None, name="test", node_type="vpcs", properties={"startup_config": "test.cfg"}))
+
+    compute.post.assert_any_call('/projects', {
+        "name": project._name,
+        "project_id": project._id,
+        "temporary": project._temporary
+    })
     compute.post.assert_any_call('/projects/{}/vpcs/nodes'.format(project.id),
                                  data={'node_id': node.id,
-                                       'console_type': 'telnet',
                                        'startup_config': 'test.cfg',
                                        'name': 'test'})
     assert compute in project._project_created_on_compute