diff --git a/frontend/src/openapi/models/personalDashboardProjectDetailsSchema.ts b/frontend/src/openapi/models/personalDashboardProjectDetailsSchema.ts
index b74e064d4d..30dfee7472 100644
--- a/frontend/src/openapi/models/personalDashboardProjectDetailsSchema.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/openapi/models/personalDashboardProjectDetailsSchema.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export interface PersonalDashboardProjectDetailsSchema {
     owners: PersonalDashboardProjectDetailsSchemaOwners;
     /**
      * The list of roles that the user has in this project.
-     * @minItems 1
      */
     roles: PersonalDashboardProjectDetailsSchemaRolesItem[];
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/features/personal-dashboard/personal-dashboard-controller.e2e.test.ts b/src/lib/features/personal-dashboard/personal-dashboard-controller.e2e.test.ts
index 21e8ffb5b3..2e5ee74758 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/personal-dashboard/personal-dashboard-controller.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/personal-dashboard/personal-dashboard-controller.e2e.test.ts
@@ -389,3 +389,17 @@ test('should return Unleash admins', async () => {
         },
     ]);
 });
+
+test('should return System owner for default project if nothing else is set', async () => {
+    await loginUser('new_user@test.com');
+
+    const { body } = await app.request.get(
+        `/api/admin/personal-dashboard/default`,
+    );
+
+    expect(body.owners).toMatchObject([
+        {
+            ownerType: 'system',
+        },
+    ]);
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/features/project/project-owners-read-model.ts b/src/lib/features/project/project-owners-read-model.ts
index dcdf99215b..adf02fa6db 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/project/project-owners-read-model.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/project/project-owners-read-model.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,6 @@ export class ProjectOwnersReadModel implements IProjectOwnersReadModel {
 
     async getProjectOwners(projectId: string): Promise<ProjectOwners> {
         const owners = await this.getProjectOwnersDictionary();
-        return owners[projectId] ?? [];
+        return owners[projectId] ?? [{ ownerType: 'system' }];
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/openapi/spec/personal-dashboard-project-details-schema.ts b/src/lib/openapi/spec/personal-dashboard-project-details-schema.ts
index 35114079e1..d42718f0f4 100644
--- a/src/lib/openapi/spec/personal-dashboard-project-details-schema.ts
+++ b/src/lib/openapi/spec/personal-dashboard-project-details-schema.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ export const personalDashboardProjectDetailsSchema = {
         roles: {
             type: 'array',
             description: 'The list of roles that the user has in this project.',
-            minItems: 1,
             items: {
                 type: 'object',
                 description: 'An Unleash role.',