diff --git a/ale_linters/julia/languageserver.vim b/ale_linters/julia/languageserver.vim
index d59e9959..c5cd063a 100644
--- a/ale_linters/julia/languageserver.vim
+++ b/ale_linters/julia/languageserver.vim
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 " Author: Bartolomeo Stellato <bartolomeo.stellato@gmail.com>
 " Description: A language server for Julia
 
+" Set julia executable variable
+call ale#Set('julia_executable', 'julia')
+
 function! ale_linters#julia#languageserver#GetCommand(buffer) abort
     let l:julia_executable = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'julia_executable')
-    return ale#Escape(l:julia_executable) . ale#Escape("--startup-file=no --history-file=no -e 'using LanguageServer; server = LanguageServer.LanguageServerInstance(STDIN, STDOUT, false); server.runlinter = true; run(server);'")
+    return ale#Escape(l:julia_executable . " --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e 'using LanguageServer; server = LanguageServer.LanguageServerInstance(STDIN, STDOUT, false); server.runlinter = true; run(server);'")
 endfunction
 
 call ale#linter#Define('julia', {
diff --git a/autoload/ale/julia.vim b/autoload/ale/julia.vim
index 71243763..a650504c 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/julia.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/julia.vim
@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
 " Author: Bartolomeo Stellato bartolomeo.stellato@gmail.com
 " Description: Functions for integrating with Julia tools
 
-" Set julia executable variable
-call ale#Set('julia_executable', 'julia')
-
 " Find the nearest dir contining a git project as julia project
-let g:__ale_julia_project_filenames = ['.git/HEAD']
+let g:__ale_julia_project_filenames = ['REQUIRE']
+
 function! ale#julia#FindProjectRoot(buffer) abort
     for l:project_filename in g:__ale_julia_project_filenames
         let l:full_path = ale#path#FindNearestFile(a:buffer, l:project_filename)
 
         if !empty(l:full_path)
-            let l:path = fnamemodify(l:full_path, ':h')
-
-            " Correct .git path detection.
-            if fnamemodify(l:path, ':t') is# '.git'
-                let l:path = fnamemodify(l:path, ':h')
-            endif
-
+            let l:path = fnamemodify(l:full_path, ':p:h')
             return l:path
         endif
+
     endfor
 
     return ''
-endfunction
 
+endfunction
diff --git a/test/command_callback/julia-languageserver-project/REQUIRE b/test/command_callback/julia-languageserver-project/REQUIRE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/test/command_callback/julia-languageserver-project/test.jl b/test/command_callback/julia-languageserver-project/test.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/test/command_callback/test_julia_languageserver_callbacks.vader b/test/command_callback/test_julia_languageserver_callbacks.vader
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..163c9496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command_callback/test_julia_languageserver_callbacks.vader
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Before:
+  call ale#assert#SetUpLinterTest('julia', 'languageserver')
+
+After:
+  call ale#assert#TearDownLinterTest()
+
+Execute(The default executable path should be correct):
+  AssertLinter 'julia', ale#Escape("julia" . " --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e 'using LanguageServer; server = LanguageServer.LanguageServerInstance(STDIN, STDOUT, false); server.runlinter = true; run(server);'")
+
+Execute(The executable should be configurable):
+  let g:ale_julia_executable = 'julia-new'
+
+  AssertLinter 'julia-new', ale#Escape("julia-new" . " --startup-file=no --history-file=no -e 'using LanguageServer; server = LanguageServer.LanguageServerInstance(STDIN, STDOUT, false); server.runlinter = true; run(server);'")
+
+Execute(The project root should be detected correctly):
+  AssertLSPProject ''
+
+  call ale#test#SetFilename('julia-languageserver-project/test.jl')
+
+  AssertLSPProject ale#path#Simplify(g:dir . '/julia-languageserver-project')