diff --git a/db/migrate/20250808184750_create_project_labels.rb b/db/migrate/20250808184750_create_project_labels.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fb2f41e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250808184750_create_project_labels.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class CreateProjectLabels < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  # where was ts before?
+  # precedent for future to make migration infallible
+  def change
+    create_table :project_labels, if_not_exists: true do |t|
+      t.string :user_id, null: false
+      t.string :project_key, null: false
+      t.string :label, null: false
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+
+    add_index :project_labels, [ :user_id, :project_key ], unique: true, if_not_exists: true
+    add_index :project_labels, :user_id, if_not_exists: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 4eef9b15..3548e8de 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_07_09_001202) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_08_08_184750) do
   create_schema "pganalyze"
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@
     t.bigint "raw_heartbeat_upload_id"
     t.index ["category", "time"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_category_and_time"
     t.index ["fields_hash"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_fields_hash_when_not_deleted", unique: true, where: "(deleted_at IS NULL)"
+    t.index ["project", "time"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_project_and_time"
+    t.index ["project"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_project"
     t.index ["raw_heartbeat_upload_id"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_raw_heartbeat_upload_id"
     t.index ["source_type", "time", "user_id", "project"], name: "index_heartbeats_on_source_type_time_user_project"
     t.index ["user_id", "project", "time"], name: "idx_heartbeats_user_project_time_stats", where: "((deleted_at IS NULL) AND (project IS NOT NULL))"
@@ -392,6 +394,16 @@
     t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_physical_mails_on_user_id"
   end
 
+  create_table "project_labels", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "project_key", null: false
+    t.string "label", null: false
+    t.string "user_id", null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["user_id", "project_key"], name: "index_project_labels_on_user_id_and_project_key", unique: true
+    t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_project_labels_on_user_id"
+  end
+
   create_table "project_repo_mappings", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.bigint "user_id", null: false
     t.string "project_name", null: false
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index eda300e9..3dcbba27 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   # Creating test user
   test_user = User.find_or_create_by(slack_uid: 'TEST123456') do |user|
     user.username = 'testuser'
-    user.is_admin = true
+    user.admin_level = 2
     # Ensure timezone is set to avoid nil timezone issues
     user.timezone = 'America/New_York'
   end