diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index ada69c3730..bb96fcf741 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "mel_workspace": "workspace -fr \"shaders\" \"renderData/shaders\";\nworkspace -fr \"images\" \"renders\";\nworkspace -fr \"particles\" \"particles\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaAscii\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaBinary\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"scene\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"alembicCache\" \"cache/alembic\";\nworkspace -fr \"renderData\" \"renderData\";\nworkspace -fr \"sourceImages\" \"sourceimages\";\nworkspace -fr \"fileCache\" \"cache/nCache\";\n",
     "ext_mapping": {
         "model": "ma",
         "mayaAscii": "ma",
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@
             "destination-path": []
         }
     },
-    "mel_workspace": "workspace -fr \"shaders\" \"renderData/shaders\";\nworkspace -fr \"images\" \"renders\";\nworkspace -fr \"particles\" \"particles\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaAscii\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaBinary\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"scene\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"alembicCache\" \"cache/alembic\";\nworkspace -fr \"renderData\" \"renderData\";\nworkspace -fr \"sourceImages\" \"sourceimages\";\nworkspace -fr \"fileCache\" \"cache/nCache\";\n",
     "scriptsmenu": {
         "name": "OpenPype Tools",
         "definition": [
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
index 978de56a51..a54f8e6e4f 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
     "label": "Maya",
     "is_file": true,
     "children": [
+        {
+            "type": "text",
+            "multiline" : true,
+            "key": "mel_workspace",
+            "label": "Maya MEL Workspace"
+         },
         {
             "type": "dict-modifiable",
             "key": "ext_mapping",
@@ -53,12 +59,6 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
-        {
-            "type": "text",
-            "multiline" : true,
-            "key": "mel_workspace",
-            "label": "Maya MEL Workspace"
-         },
         {
             "type": "schema",
             "name": "schema_scriptsmenu"