diff --git a/backend/src/services/project/project-fns.ts b/backend/src/services/project/project-fns.ts
index 0f1f5a08d..3ac75248d 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/project/project-fns.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/project/project-fns.ts
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ export const assignWorkspaceKeysToMembers = ({ members, decryptKey, userPrivateK
 type TCreateProjectKeyDTO = {
   publicKey: string;
   privateKey: string;
+  plainProjectKey?: string;
 };
 
-export const createProjectKey = ({ publicKey, privateKey }: TCreateProjectKeyDTO) => {
+export const createProjectKey = ({ publicKey, privateKey, plainProjectKey }: TCreateProjectKeyDTO) => {
   // 3. Create a random key that we'll use as the project key.
-  const randomBytes = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
+  const randomBytes = plainProjectKey || crypto.randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
 
   // 4. Encrypt the project key with the users key pair.
   const { ciphertext: encryptedProjectKey, nonce: encryptedProjectKeyIv } = encryptAsymmetric(
diff --git a/backend/src/services/project/project-queue.ts b/backend/src/services/project/project-queue.ts
index 616aa1aef..efc795cae 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/project/project-queue.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/project/project-queue.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ export const projectQueueFactory = ({
         tag: data.encryptedPrivateKey.encryptedKeyTag
       });
 
+      const decryptedPlainProjectKey = decryptAsymmetric({
+        ciphertext: oldProjectKey.encryptedKey,
+        nonce: oldProjectKey.nonce,
+        publicKey: oldProjectKey.sender.publicKey,
+        privateKey: userPrivateKey
+      });
+
       const projectEnvs = await projectEnvDAL.find({
         projectId: project.id
       });
@@ -199,6 +206,7 @@ export const projectQueueFactory = ({
 
         // Create a project key
         const { key: newEncryptedProjectKey, iv: newEncryptedProjectKeyIv } = createProjectKey({
+          plainProjectKey: decryptedPlainProjectKey,
           publicKey: ghostUser.keys.publicKey,
           privateKey: ghostUser.keys.plainPrivateKey
         });