diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 7741e375..ffc9b7f0 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Release Notes
 PlatformIO 2.0
 --------------
 
+2.8.1 (2016-01-29)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Fixed a bug with Project Initialization in PlatformIO IDE
+
 2.8.0 (2016-01-29)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py b/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
index c526f2e3..b1401944 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def BuildProgram(env):
         "$BUILDSRC_DIR", "$PROJECTSRC_DIR", duplicate=False,
         src_filter=getenv("PLATFORMIO_SRC_FILTER", env.get("SRC_FILTER")))
 
-    if not sources:
+    if not sources and not COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
         env.Exit(
             "Error: Nothing to build. Please put your source code files "
             "to '%s' folder" % env.subst("$PROJECTSRC_DIR"))