diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/main.development.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/main.development.ts
index 017d795fd..5b23f1b44 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/main.development.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/main.development.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if (envDataPath) {
 } else {
   // Explicitly set userData folder from config because it's sketchy to rely on electron-builder to use productName, which could be changed by accident.
   const defaultPath = app.getPath('userData');
-  const newPath = path.join(defaultPath, '../', isDevelopment() ? 'insomnium-dev-desu5' : userDataFolder);
+  const newPath = path.join(defaultPath, '../', isDevelopment() ? 'insomnium-dev-dez4' : userDataFolder);
   app.setPath('userData', newPath);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/models/workspace-meta.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/models/workspace-meta.ts
index 8f001ab50..7af58f111 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/models/workspace-meta.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/models/workspace-meta.ts
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ export async function getByGitRepositoryId(gitRepositoryId: string) {
   return db.getWhere<WorkspaceMeta>(type, { gitRepositoryId });
 }
 
-export async function getOrCreateByParentId(parentId: string) {
+export async function getOrCreateByParentId(parentId: string, patch: any = {}) {
   const doc = await getByParentId(parentId);
-  return doc || create({ parentId });
+  return doc || create({ ...patch, parentId },);
 }
 
 export function all() {
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/renderApp.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/renderApp.tsx
index faf87eff2..1ee4e61b3 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/renderApp.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/renderApp.tsx
@@ -10,33 +10,57 @@ import { setupRouterStuff } from './router';
 import { dummyStartingWorkspace, importPure } from '../common/import';
 import { Workspace } from '../models/workspace';
 import { BaseModel } from '../models';
+import { getProductName } from '../common/constants';
 
 export async function renderApp() {
 
   const prevLocationHistoryEntry = localStorage.getItem('locationHistoryEntry');
-  let beginningPath: string | null = null
+  let beginningPathForFirstTimeUser: string | null = null
+  let wId: string | null = null
+  let eId: string | null = null
 
-  // if (!prevLocationHistoryEntry) {
+  // initalize a new req manually on user's first run
+  if (!prevLocationHistoryEntry) {
   const workspaceNumber = await database.count<Workspace>(models.workspace.type)
   console.log("workspaces detected ~>", workspaceNumber);
 
   if (workspaceNumber === 0) {
-    const [d, wId, rId] = dummyStartingWorkspace()
+    const [d] = dummyStartingWorkspace()
     const newObj = await importPure(d) as {
       resources: { resources: models.BaseModel[] }[];
     }
 
     const r = (newObj.resources?.[0]?.resources as BaseModel[]).find((a) => a.type === "Request")
     const w = (newObj.resources?.[0]?.resources as BaseModel[]).find((a) => a.type === "Workspace")
-    if (w && r)
-      beginningPath = `/organization/org_default-project/project/proj_default-project/workspace/${w._id}/debug/request/${r._id}`
+    const e = (newObj.resources?.[0]?.resources as BaseModel[]).find((a) => a.type === "Environment")
+    if (w && r && e) {
+      wId = w._id
+      beginningPathForFirstTimeUser = `/organization/org_default-project/project/proj_default-project/workspace/${w._id}/debug/request/${r._id}`
+
+      const defaultProject = await models.project.getById('proj_default-project');
+
+      if (!defaultProject)
+        (await models.project.create({
+          _id: 'proj_default-project',
+          name: getProductName(),
+          remoteId: null,
+        }))
+
+      eId = e._id
+      console.log("META DESU->", w._id, beginningPathForFirstTimeUser);
+      const id = await models.workspaceMeta.getByParentId(w._id);
+      if (!id) {
+        const activeWorkspaceMeta = await models.workspaceMeta.getOrCreateByParentId(w._id, {
+          activeEnvironmentId: eId,
+        });
+      }
+    }
 
-    // console.log("newPath", beginningPath)
   }
 
-  // }
+  }
 
-  const router = setupRouterStuff(beginningPath);
+  const router = setupRouterStuff(beginningPathForFirstTimeUser);
 
   await database.initClient();
 
@@ -51,7 +75,9 @@ export async function renderApp() {
 
   guard(root, 'Could not find root element');
 
+
   ReactDOM.createRoot(root).render(
     <RouterProvider router={router} />
   );
+
 }
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/request.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/request.tsx
index cb0f0b4e6..096607b8b 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/request.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/routes/request.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export const loader: LoaderFunction = async ({ params }): Promise<RequestLoaderD
     throw redirect(`/organization/${organizationId}/project/${projectId}/workspace/${workspaceId}/debug`);
   }
   const activeWorkspaceMeta = await models.workspaceMeta.getByParentId(workspaceId);
+
   guard(activeWorkspaceMeta, 'Active workspace meta not found');
   // NOTE: loaders shouldnt mutate data, this should be moved somewhere else
   await models.workspaceMeta.update(activeWorkspaceMeta, { activeRequestId: requestId });