diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba36c32..8997fa3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ## [v1.10.0]
 
 - Add sync flow for Secrets and IaC
+- Fix scan on save for individual files
 
 ## [v1.9.4]
 
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 79d9701..52f1f03 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {getAuthState} from './utils/auth/auth_common';
 import {sastScan} from './services/scanners/SastScanner';
 import {captureException, initSentry} from './sentry';
 import {refreshDiagnosticCollectionData} from './services/diagnostics/common';
+import {getVsCodeRootPathPrefix} from './utils/GlobalConfig';
 
 export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
   initSentry();
@@ -100,14 +101,11 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
     }
 
     const projectPath = vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders?.[0]?.uri.fsPath;
-    if (!projectPath) {
-      return;
-    }
 
-    // verify that file in the workspace
-    // user can trigger save of a VS Code settings file
-    // which we don't want to scan
-    if (!fileFsPath.startsWith(projectPath)) {
+    const vsCodeAppRootPrefix = getVsCodeRootPathPrefix();
+    console.log('vsCodeAppRootPrefix', vsCodeAppRootPrefix);
+    if (fileFsPath.startsWith(vsCodeAppRootPrefix)) {
+      // user can trigger save of a VS Code settings files which we don't want to scan
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/GlobalConfig.ts b/src/utils/GlobalConfig.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c221ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/GlobalConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+export const getVsCodeRootPathPrefix = (): string => {
+  // Get the path to the global VS Code app folder based on OS
+  // Ref: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/3884#issue-139391403
+
+  const homeDir = os.homedir();
+  let globalConfigPath: string;
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    // Windows
+    globalConfigPath = path.join(homeDir, 'AppData', 'Roaming', 'Code');
+  } else if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+    // macOS
+    globalConfigPath = path.join(homeDir, 'Library', 'Application Support', 'Code');
+  } else {
+    // Linux
+    globalConfigPath = path.join(homeDir, '.config', 'Code');
+  }
+
+  return globalConfigPath;
+};
+