diff --git a/src/shared/stores/events/events-store.ts b/src/shared/stores/events/events-store.ts
index 5186e835..60ea9cc4 100644
--- a/src/shared/stores/events/events-store.ts
+++ b/src/shared/stores/events/events-store.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export const useEventsStore = defineStore("eventsStore", {
     projects: {
       available: [] as TProjects['data'],
       activeKey: null as string | null,
+      default: null as string | null,
     }
   }),
   getters: {
@@ -217,6 +218,9 @@ export const useEventsStore = defineStore("eventsStore", {
       this.projects.activeKey = null;
 
       removeStoredProject();
+    },
+    setDefaultProject(key: string) {
+      this.projects.default = key;
     }
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/shared/stores/settings/settings-store.ts b/src/shared/stores/settings/settings-store.ts
index dcbc66da..67cbac80 100644
--- a/src/shared/stores/settings/settings-store.ts
+++ b/src/shared/stores/settings/settings-store.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {defineStore} from "pinia";
 import {useSettings} from "../../lib/use-settings";
 import type { TSettings } from "../../types";
+import {useEventsStore} from "../events/events-store";
 import {THEME_MODES} from "./constants";
 import {
   getStoredEventsCountVisibility,
@@ -26,8 +27,9 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore("settingsStore", {
   actions: {
     initialize() {
       const {api: { getSettings }} = useSettings();
+      const { setDefaultProject } = useEventsStore();
 
-      getSettings().then(({ version, auth } = {} as TSettings) => {
+      getSettings().then(({ version, auth, project } = {} as TSettings) => {
         if (version) {
           this.apiVersion = version
         }
@@ -36,6 +38,11 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore("settingsStore", {
           this.auth.isEnabled = auth.enabled;
           this.auth.loginUrl = auth.login_url;
         }
+
+        if (project.default) {
+          // TODO: need to load default project within project request
+          setDefaultProject(project.default)
+        }
       })
     },
     changeTheme() {
diff --git a/src/shared/types/settings.ts b/src/shared/types/settings.ts
index f5d1bca8..01c16413 100644
--- a/src/shared/types/settings.ts
+++ b/src/shared/types/settings.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ export type TSettings = {
     login_url: string,
   },
   version: string,
+  project: {
+    default: string,
+  }
 }