diff --git a/.ddev/commands/web/localdev b/.ddev/commands/web/localdev
index ba67d8ce1da..6d67d3ac980 100755
--- a/.ddev/commands/web/localdev
+++ b/.ddev/commands/web/localdev
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 ## Usage: localdev
 ## Example: ddev localdev <git-url>
 
-if [ ! -d "localdev/" ]
+if [ ! -d ".localdev/" ]
 then
-     mkdir "localdev/"
+     mkdir ".localdev/"
      echo "Directory created."
 fi
 
-if ! grep -q './localdev/*' composer.json; then
-  php vendor/bin/composer config repositories.local '{"type": "path", "url": "./localdev/*", "canonical": false}'
+if ! grep -q "./.localdev/*" composer.json; then
+  php vendor/bin/composer config repositories.local '{"type": "path", "url": "./.localdev/*", "canonical": false}'
   echo "Patched composer.json."
 fi
 
-cd "localdev/"
+cd ".localdev/" || exit
 git clone "$@"