diff --git a/node-packages/commons/src/api.js b/node-packages/commons/src/api.js
index 143b4f7f56..ad03ee9ff4 100644
--- a/node-packages/commons/src/api.js
+++ b/node-packages/commons/src/api.js
@@ -463,16 +463,18 @@ const addProject = (
   customer: number,
   gitUrl: string,
   openshift: number,
+  productionenvironment: string,
   id: ?number = null,
 ): Promise<Object> =>
   graphqlapi.mutate(
     `
-    ($name: String!, $customer: Int!, $gitUrl: String!, $openshift: Int!, $id: Int) {
+    ($name: String!, $customer: Int!, $gitUrl: String!, $openshift: Int!, $productionenvironment: String!, $id: Int) {
       addProject(input: {
         name: $name,
         customer: $customer,
         gitUrl: $gitUrl,
         openshift: $openshift,
+        productionEnvironment: $productionenvironment,
         id: $id,
       }) {
         ...${projectFragment}
diff --git a/services/webhooks2tasks/src/handlers/gitlabProjectCreate.js b/services/webhooks2tasks/src/handlers/gitlabProjectCreate.js
index 2a8fbcbe74..936ed6e91a 100644
--- a/services/webhooks2tasks/src/handlers/gitlabProjectCreate.js
+++ b/services/webhooks2tasks/src/handlers/gitlabProjectCreate.js
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ async function gitlabProjectCreate(webhook: WebhookRequestData) {
     // TODO: figure out openshift id
     const openshift = 1;
 
+    // set production environment to default master
+    const productionenvironment = "master";
+
     const meta = {
       data: project,
       project: name
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ async function gitlabProjectCreate(webhook: WebhookRequestData) {
       return;
     }
 
-    await addProject(name, namespace.id, gitUrl, openshift, id);
+    await addProject(name, namespace.id, gitUrl, openshift, productionenvironment, id);
 
     sendToLagoonLogs(
       'info',
diff --git a/services/webhooks2tasks/src/handlers/gitlabProjectUpdate.js b/services/webhooks2tasks/src/handlers/gitlabProjectUpdate.js
index 923a351b88..416a683ee7 100644
--- a/services/webhooks2tasks/src/handlers/gitlabProjectUpdate.js
+++ b/services/webhooks2tasks/src/handlers/gitlabProjectUpdate.js
@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ async function gitlabProjectUpdate(webhook: WebhookRequestData) {
       // TODO: figure out openshift id
       const openshift = 1;
 
+      // set production environment to default master
+      const productionenvironment = "master";
+
       // Project was transferred from a non-group namespace to a group namespace
-      await addProject(name, namespace.id, gitUrl, openshift, id);
+      await addProject(name, namespace.id, gitUrl, openshift, productionenvironment, id);
 
       sendToLagoonLogs(
         'info',