diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/projects/NewProject.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/projects/NewProject.tsx
index 7a220396281f70..a6e236996ef4e2 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/projects/NewProject.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/projects/NewProject.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ export default function NewProject() {
             const team = teams?.find(t => t.slug === teamParam);
             setSelectedTeamOrUser(team);
         }
+        if (params.get("user")) {
+            window.history.replaceState({}, '', window.location.pathname);
+            setSelectedTeamOrUser(user);
+        }
     }, []);
 
     useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/projects/Projects.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/projects/Projects.tsx
index eec0bf3e475fda..1adecacf2ea306 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/projects/Projects.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/projects/Projects.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export default function () {
         setLastPrebuilds(map);
     }
 
-    const newProjectUrl = !!team ? `/new?team=${team.slug}` : '/new';
+    const newProjectUrl = !!team ? `/new?team=${team.slug}` : '/new?user=1';
     const onNewProject = () => {
         history.push(newProjectUrl);
     }
diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/Workspaces.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/Workspaces.tsx
index 482b3b519767eb..6e417ce9873303 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/Workspaces.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/Workspaces.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default function () {
     const [teamsWorkspaceModel, setTeamsWorkspaceModel] = useState<WorkspaceModel|undefined>();
     const [teamsActiveWorkspaces, setTeamsActiveWorkspaces] = useState<WorkspaceInfo[]>([]);
 
-    const newProjectUrl = !!team ? `/new?team=${team.slug}` : '/new';
+    const newProjectUrl = !!team ? `/new?team=${team.slug}` : '/new?user=1';
     const onNewProject = () => {
         history.push(newProjectUrl);
     }