diff --git a/src/Entity/Project/Project.php b/src/Entity/Project/Project.php
index 6681a70..201f4ba 100644
--- a/src/Entity/Project/Project.php
+++ b/src/Entity/Project/Project.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class Project implements UserOwnedInterface, AccountingOwnerInterface, Localized
      * Projects have a start and an end, and in the meantime they go through different phases represented under this status.
      */
     #[ORM\Column(type: 'string', enumType: ProjectStatus::class)]
-    private ProjectStatus $status;
+    private ProjectStatus $status = ProjectStatus::InEditing;
 
     /**
      * @var Collection<int, Reward>