.htaccess issues

My directory structure is as follows:

framework

project

requirements

.htaccess

The .htaccess file in this directory has the following:




RewriteEngine on


RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^website\.com$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.website.com/project$1 [R=301,L]


RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.website\.com$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.website.com/project$1 [R=301,L]



Within project there are these directories:

assets

protected

themes

.htaccess

The .hatccess file in this directory has the following:




RewriteEngine on


RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^website\.com$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.website.com/project/$1 [R=301,L]




# if a directory or a file exists, use it directly

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d


# otherwise forward it to index.php

RewriteRule . index.php



Currently if you go to the site: www.website.com

You are redirected to: www.website.com/project

How can I modify my .htaccess file so that the site still works, but /project is not appended to every url?