diff --git a/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.cpp b/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.cpp
index f75919758dfb3b38fc21f20275d6f031743ce383..6a9ed58323bf8241f3f2b2cb6c3ff091e7bb2db9 100644
--- a/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.cpp
+++ b/MantidPlot/src/ApplicationWindow.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 #include "PlotWizard.h"
 #include "PolynomFitDialog.h"
 #include "PolynomialFit.h"
+#include "Process.h"
 #include "ProjectRecovery.h"
 #include "ProjectSerialiser.h"
 #include "QwtErrorPlotCurve.h"
@@ -16638,7 +16639,9 @@ void ApplicationWindow::onAboutToStart() {
   resultsLog->scrollToTop();
 
   // Kick off project recovery
-  checkForProjectRecovery();
+  // but only if we are the only instance currently running
+  if (!Process::isAnotherInstanceRunning())
+	checkForProjectRecovery();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -16768,6 +16771,11 @@ bool ApplicationWindow::saveProjectRecovery(std::string destination) {
   return projectWriter.save(QString::fromStdString(destination));
 }
 
+/**
+  * Checks for any recovery checkpoint and starts project
+  * saving if one doesn't exist. If one does, it prompts
+  * the user whether they would like to recover
+  */
 void ApplicationWindow::checkForProjectRecovery() {
   if (!m_projectRecovery.checkForRecovery()) {
     m_projectRecovery.startProjectSaving();
diff --git a/MantidPlot/src/ProjectRecovery.cpp b/MantidPlot/src/ProjectRecovery.cpp
index cc10f27086cf6d3237927ebb264f942ed810068b..77ebb1f2e0bb7b53ed64f8d748eeb109fa5a3215 100644
--- a/MantidPlot/src/ProjectRecovery.cpp
+++ b/MantidPlot/src/ProjectRecovery.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 #include "boost/range/algorithm_ext/erase.hpp"
 
 #include "Poco/DirectoryIterator.h"
+#include "Poco/Environment.h"
 #include "Poco/NObserver.h"
 #include "Poco/Path.h"
+#include "Poco/Process.h"
 
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QMetaObject>
@@ -62,8 +64,10 @@ boost::optional<bool> getConfigBool(const std::string &key) {
 
 /// Returns a string to the current top level recovery folder
 std::string getRecoveryFolder() {
-  static std::string recoverFolder =
-      Mantid::Kernel::ConfigService::Instance().getAppDataDir() + "/recovery/";
+  static std::string appData = Mantid::Kernel::ConfigService::Instance().getAppDataDir();
+  static std::string hostname = Poco::Environment::nodeName();
+
+  static std::string recoverFolder = appData + "/recovery/" + hostname + '/';
   return recoverFolder;
 }