diff --git a/src/vm.ts b/src/vm.ts
index 07fa03d..4737c2c 100644
--- a/src/vm.ts
+++ b/src/vm.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ async function configureEnvironment(home: string, log?: (msg: string) => void, a
   const settingsJson = JSON.stringify(apiKey
     ? { apiKeyHelper: "~/.claude/api-key-helper.sh", skipDangerousModePermissionPrompt: true, hooks }
     : { skipDangerousModePermissionPrompt: true, hooks })
-  const claudeJson = JSON.stringify({ hasCompletedOnboarding: true, effortCalloutDismissed: true })
+  const claudeJson = JSON.stringify({ hasCompletedOnboarding: true, effortCalloutDismissed: true, projects: { "/": { hasTrustDialogAccepted: true } } })
 
   // Write the helper script to a temp file and copy it in so the key
   // never appears in a process argument visible in `ps`.