internal link replaces entire page in rmarkdown site

I want to keep the top bar when opening an internal HTML file in rmarkdown site. Right now, when I click the link, it replaces the current page, and the top nav disappears.

page that has the link:

---
title: "Projects"
---
[**Complete this project**](./projects/project1.html) 

site.yml

name: "Introduction to Stats in Kinesiology | Furtado, JR., O."
output_dir: "docs"
include: ["import.R"]
navbar:
  title: "ISK Ancillary"
  type: inverse
  left:
    - text: "Home"
      icon: fa-home
      href: index.html
#    - text: "About"
#      icon: fa-info
#      href: about.html
    - text: "Assignments"
      icon: fa-gear
      menu:
        - text: "Slides"
          href: slides.html
        - text: "Labs"
          href: labs.html
        - text: "Projects"
          href: projects.html
  right:
    - icon: fa-book fa-lg
      href: https://drfurtado.github.io/isk/
output:
  html_document:
    theme: cosmo
    css: styles.css

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