diff --git a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaRegressionTestRunner.h b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaRegressionTestRunner.h
index 3eeee12403..a5ae413efc 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaRegressionTestRunner.h
+++ b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaRegressionTestRunner.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public:
     bool isRunningRegressionTests() const;
 
     static void updateRegressionTest(const QString& testRootPath);
+    static void regressionTestConfigureProject();
 
 private:
     RiaRegressionTestRunner();
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ private:
                                const QDir&          testDir);
 
     static void    removeDirectoryWithContent(QDir& dirToDelete);
-    static void    regressionTestConfigureProject();
     static void    resizeMaximizedPlotWindows();
     static QSize   regressionDefaultImageSize();
     static QString diff2htmlHeaderText(const QString& testRootPath);
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/CommandFileInterface/RicfOpenProject.cpp b/ApplicationCode/CommandFileInterface/RicfOpenProject.cpp
index 166963a44b..2a0d3461fe 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/CommandFileInterface/RicfOpenProject.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationCode/CommandFileInterface/RicfOpenProject.cpp
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 //  Copyright (C) 2017 Statoil ASA
-// 
+//
 //  ResInsight is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 //  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 //  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 //  (at your option) any later version.
-// 
+//
 //  ResInsight is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
 //  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 //  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-// 
-//  See the GNU General Public License at <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> 
+//
+//  See the GNU General Public License at <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
 //  for more details.
 //
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
 
 #include "RiaApplication.h"
 #include "RiaLogging.h"
+#include "RiaRegressionTestRunner.h"
 
 CAF_PDM_SOURCE_INIT(RicfOpenProject, "openProject");
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-/// 
+///
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RicfOpenProject::RicfOpenProject()
 {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ RicfOpenProject::RicfOpenProject()
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-/// 
+///
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void RicfOpenProject::execute()
 {
@@ -45,5 +46,10 @@ void RicfOpenProject::execute()
         return;
     }
 
+    if (RiaRegressionTestRunner::instance()->isRunningRegressionTests())
+    {
+        RiaRegressionTestRunner::regressionTestConfigureProject();
+    }
+
     RicfCommandFileExecutor::instance()->setLastProjectPath(m_path);
 }