diff --git a/frontend/src/component/changeRequest/ChangeRequestOverview/ChangeRequestOverview.tsx b/frontend/src/component/changeRequest/ChangeRequestOverview/ChangeRequestOverview.tsx
index 4dbbfc9a0e..9694608ae1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/changeRequest/ChangeRequestOverview/ChangeRequestOverview.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/component/changeRequest/ChangeRequestOverview/ChangeRequestOverview.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const ChangeRequestOverview: FC = () => {
         projectId,
         id
     );
-    const { applyChanges } = useChangeRequestApi();
+    const { changeState } = useChangeRequestApi();
     const { setToastData, setToastApiError } = useToast();
 
     if (!changeRequest) {
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ export const ChangeRequestOverview: FC = () => {
 
     const onApplyChanges = async () => {
         try {
-            await applyChanges(projectId, id);
+            await changeState(projectId, Number(id), {
+                state: 'Applied',
+            });
             refetchChangeRequest();
             setToastData({
                 type: 'success',
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/api/actions/useChangeRequestApi/useChangeRequestApi.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/api/actions/useChangeRequestApi/useChangeRequestApi.ts
index f527cd219f..490683f95a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/api/actions/useChangeRequestApi/useChangeRequestApi.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/api/actions/useChangeRequestApi/useChangeRequestApi.ts
@@ -51,19 +51,6 @@ export const useChangeRequestApi = () => {
         }
     };
 
-    const applyChanges = async (project: string, changeRequestId: string) => {
-        const path = `api/admin/projects/${project}/change-requests/${changeRequestId}/apply`;
-        const req = createRequest(path, {
-            method: 'PUT',
-        });
-        try {
-            const response = await makeRequest(req.caller, req.id);
-            return response;
-        } catch (e) {
-            throw e;
-        }
-    };
-
     const discardChangeRequestEvent = async (
         project: string,
         changeRequestId: number,
@@ -82,7 +69,6 @@ export const useChangeRequestApi = () => {
 
     return {
         addChangeRequest,
-        applyChanges,
         changeState,
         discardChangeRequestEvent,
         errors,
diff --git a/src/lib/util/extract-user.ts b/src/lib/util/extract-user.ts
index 52ec0e4e6e..0ce445ad90 100644
--- a/src/lib/util/extract-user.ts
+++ b/src/lib/util/extract-user.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-import { IAuthRequest } from '../server-impl';
+import { IAuthRequest, User } from '../server-impl';
+
+export function extractUsernameFromUser(user: User): string {
+    return user ? user.email || user.username : 'unknown';
+}
 
 export function extractUsername(req: IAuthRequest): string {
-    return req.user ? req.user.email || req.user.username : 'unknown';
+    return extractUsernameFromUser(req.user);
 }
diff --git a/src/migrations/20221104123349-change-request-approval.js b/src/migrations/20221104123349-change-request-approval.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03e6349bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/migrations/20221104123349-change-request-approval.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+'use strict';
+
+exports.up = function (db, callback) {
+    db.runSql(
+        `
+            CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS change_request_approvals (
+               id serial primary key,
+               change_request_id integer NOT NULL REFERENCES change_requests(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+               created_by integer not null references users (id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+               created_at timestamp default now()
+            );
+        `,
+        callback,
+    );
+};
+
+exports.down = function (db, callback) {
+    db.runSql(
+        `
+            DROP TABLE IF EXISTS change_request_approvals;
+        `,
+        callback,
+    );
+};