diff --git a/src-tauri/src/models/ticket.rs b/src-tauri/src/models/ticket.rs
index fae1ac4..f67eff4 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/models/ticket.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/models/ticket.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ impl ProcessedTicket {
 
         let inserted_rows = conn.execute(
             "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO processed_tickets \
-             (id, tracker_id, artifact_id, artifact_title, artifact_data, status, detected_at) \
-             VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, 'Pending', ?6)",
+             (id, tracker_id, project_id, artifact_id, artifact_title, artifact_data, status, detected_at) \
+             VALUES (?1, ?2, (SELECT project_id FROM watched_trackers WHERE id = ?2), ?3, ?4, ?5, 'Pending', ?6)",
             params![
                 id,
                 tracker_id,
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_insert_if_new_creates_ticket() {
         let (conn, tracker_id) = setup();
+        let expected_project_id = project_id_for_tracker(&conn, &tracker_id);
 
         let result = ProcessedTicket::insert_if_new(
             &conn,
@@ -337,6 +338,15 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(ticket.artifact_title, "Fix login bug");
         assert!(ticket.analyst_report.is_none());
         assert!(ticket.processed_at.is_none());
+
+        let persisted_project_id: Option<String> = conn
+            .query_row(
+                "SELECT project_id FROM processed_tickets WHERE id = ?1",
+                params![ticket.id],
+                |row| row.get(0),
+            )
+            .expect("project_id query should succeed");
+        assert_eq!(persisted_project_id, Some(expected_project_id));
     }
 
     #[test]