Laravel returns 404 on custom urls (with variables)

In my web.php file, I specify the following route:

Route::get('/{project}', 'ProjectsController@index');

In my ProjectsController, I define the public function index as follows:

use App\Project;
// ... Here is the class declaration etc.
public function index(Project $project) {
  dd($project->name);
}

Currently, I have one entry in my projects table, which I can call without any problems over my eloquent model. This is my entry:

Name: sampleproject
Description: This is a test.
// And the timestamps...

When calling /sampleproject, it returns a 404 error page.
It seems like it isn´t even reaching the index function, but when I purposefully create a error like removing the use App\Project; declaration, only when calling any arbritary page except my regular routes (like /abc), it will throw an error.
So the route is processed successfully, but something stops execution of my index function.
Have I missed anything to declare a variable url properly? (I´m using Laravel 5.8, the latest version)

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