diff --git a/backend/src/app/cli/fixtures.clj b/backend/src/app/cli/fixtures.clj
index f863d970c5..414ea90ae1 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/cli/fixtures.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/cli/fixtures.clj
@@ -132,12 +132,18 @@
                     (range (:num-files-per-project opts))))
 
             (create-project [conn team-id owner-id index]
-              (let [id (mk-uuid "project" team-id index)
-                    name (str "project " index)]
+              (let [id        (if index
+                                (mk-uuid "project" team-id index)
+                                (mk-uuid "project" team-id))
+                    name      (if index
+                                (str "project " index)
+                                "Drafts")
+                    is-default (nil? index)]
                 (log/info "create project" index id)
                 (db/insert! conn :project
                             {:id id
                              :team-id team-id
+                             :is-default is-default
                              :name name})
                 (db/insert! conn :project-profile-rel
                             {:project-id id
@@ -150,8 +156,10 @@
             (create-projects [conn team-id profile-ids]
               (log/info "create projects")
               (let [owner-id (rng-nth rng profile-ids)
-                    project-ids (collect (partial create-project conn team-id owner-id)
-                                         (range (:num-projects-per-team opts)))]
+                    project-ids (conj
+                                  (collect (partial create-project conn team-id owner-id)
+                                         (range (:num-projects-per-team opts)))
+                                  (create-project conn team-id owner-id nil))]
                 (run! (partial create-files conn owner-id) project-ids)))
 
             (assign-profile-to-team [conn team-id owner? profile-id]