diff --git a/packages/code-server/code-server-lib/src/main/java/com/daimler/data/service/workspace/BaseWorkspaceService.java b/packages/code-server/code-server-lib/src/main/java/com/daimler/data/service/workspace/BaseWorkspaceService.java
index a789bd2288..d16f547898 100644
--- a/packages/code-server/code-server-lib/src/main/java/com/daimler/data/service/workspace/BaseWorkspaceService.java
+++ b/packages/code-server/code-server-lib/src/main/java/com/daimler/data/service/workspace/BaseWorkspaceService.java
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ public class BaseWorkspaceService implements WorkspaceService {
    
 	 @Value("${codeServer.codespace.filename}")
 	 private String codespaceFileName;
+
+	 @Value("${codeServer.run.collab.admin}")
+	 private boolean runCollabByAdmin;
+
+	 @Value("${codeServer.collab.adminbypass.projectname}")
+	 private String collabProjectName;	 
  
 	 @Autowired
 	 private WorkspaceAssembler workspaceAssembler;
@@ -1724,7 +1730,11 @@ public GenericMessage addCollabById(String userId, CodeServerWorkspaceVO vo, Use
 				 if(! (vo.getProjectDetails().getRecipeDetails().getRecipeId().name().toLowerCase().startsWith("public")
 						 || vo.getProjectDetails().getRecipeDetails().getRecipeId().name().toLowerCase().startsWith("private") 
 						 || vo.getProjectDetails().getRecipeDetails().getRecipeId().name().toLowerCase().equalsIgnoreCase("default"))) {
-					 HttpStatus addGitUser = gitClient.addUserToRepo(gitUser, repoName);
+					if(runCollabByAdmin && vo.getProjectDetails().getProjectName().equals(collabProjectName)){
+						gitUser = collabPid;
+						log.info("Admin for collab bypassed for project name "+collabProjectName);
+					} 
+					HttpStatus addGitUser = gitClient.addUserToRepo(gitUser, repoName);
 					if(addGitUser == HttpStatus.UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY){
 						log.info("Failed while adding {} as collaborator with status {}", repoName,
 								userRequestDto.getGitUserName(), addGitUser.name());
diff --git a/packages/code-server/code-server-lib/src/main/resources/application.yml b/packages/code-server/code-server-lib/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 87c060efa1..3e4c3cb7cd 100644
--- a/packages/code-server/code-server-lib/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/packages/code-server/code-server-lib/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ spring:
   mvc.pathmatch.matching-strategy: ant_path_matcher
   application:
     name: dna-codeserver-service
-    version: 1.2.9
+    version: 1.2.10
   profile:
     active: production
 
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ codeServer:
   run.collab.admin: ${RUN_COLLAB_ADMIN:YOUR_COLLAB_BOOLEAN}
   collab.pid: ${COLLAB_PID:YOUR_COLLAB_PID}
   vault.baseuri: ${CODE_SERVER_VAULT_BASEURI:XXXX}
+  collab.adminbypass.projectname: ${COLLAB_BYPASS_PROJECTNAME:YOUR_PROJECT_NAME}
   codespace.filename: ${CODESPACE_FILE_NAME:YOUR_CODESPACE_FILE_NAME}
 
 swagger.headers.authorization.token: ${SWAGGER_HEADER_AUTH:XXXXXX}