diff --git a/db/migrate/20230302145512_add_locale_to_projects.rb b/db/migrate/20230302145512_add_locale_to_projects.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45e8485d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230302145512_add_locale_to_projects.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddLocaleToProjects < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :projects, :project_locale, :string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230302145905_mark_unowned_projects_as_english.rb b/db/migrate/20230302145905_mark_unowned_projects_as_english.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..787cbdd77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230302145905_mark_unowned_projects_as_english.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class MarkUnownedProjectsAsEnglish < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def up
+    Project.find_each do |project|
+      if project.user_id.nil?
+        project.update_attribute(:project_locale, 'en')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def down
+    Project.find_each do |project|
+      project.update_attribute(:project_locale, nil)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 19abe38d3..4a20dd90b 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_02_10_142728) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_03_02_145905) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pgcrypto"
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.uuid "remixed_from_id"
+    t.string "project_locale"
     t.index ["identifier"], name: "index_projects_on_identifier", unique: true
     t.index ["remixed_from_id"], name: "index_projects_on_remixed_from_id"
   end