Shortcut Items - Perform Segue

I'm trying to add a shortcut item to my app. I have the item appearing, and it's responding but can't work out how to get the segue to work. I have it going to the right tab but need to go to the root view and perform a segue from there.

The segue is already setup on the ProjectList view controller and its called "addProject"

My view storyboard is setup as so: UITabViewController -> UINavigationController-> UITableViewController (ProjectList) -> Other additional views

Code Block swift
func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
    if let shortcutItem = shortcutItemToProcess {
        if shortcutItem.type == "addProject" {
            if let window = self.window, let tabBar : UITabBarController = window.rootViewController as? UITabBarController {
                tabBar.selectedIndex = 0
                
            }
        }
        shortcutItemToProcess = nil
    }
}