diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index c37a02dfa..7f70e2dac 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
           .permit(
             :name, :team_id, :visibility,
             :archived, :project_folder_id,
-            :group_user_role_id
+            :default_public_user_role_id
           )
   end
 
diff --git a/app/jobs/user_assignments/group_assignment_job.rb b/app/jobs/user_assignments/group_assignment_job.rb
index 6b6aa613c..2e4cd8587 100644
--- a/app/jobs/user_assignments/group_assignment_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/user_assignments/group_assignment_job.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module UserAssignments
           UserAssignment.create!(
             user: user,
             assignable: project,
-            user_role: project.group_user_role,
+            user_role: project.default_public_user_role,
             assigned_by: @assigned_by,
             assigned: :automatically
           )
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module UserAssignments
           UserAssignments::PropagateAssignmentJob.perform_later(
             project,
             user,
-            project.group_user_role,
+            project.default_public_user_role,
             @assigned_by
           )
         end
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 3b514ce70..d3fa4c9a0 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ class Project < ApplicationRecord
              foreign_key: 'restored_by_id',
              class_name: 'User',
              optional: true
-  belongs_to :group_user_role,
-             foreign_key: 'group_user_role_id',
+  belongs_to :default_public_user_role,
+             foreign_key: 'default_public_user_role_id',
              class_name: 'UserRole',
              optional: true
   belongs_to :team, inverse_of: :projects, touch: true
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@ class Project < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def bulk_assignment?
-    visible? && group_user_role.present?
+    visible? && default_public_user_role.present?
   end
 
   def selected_user_role_validation
-    errors.add(:group_user_role_id, :inclusion) unless group_user_role.in?(UserRole.all)
+    errors.add(:default_public_user_role_id, :inclusion) unless default_public_user_role.in?(UserRole.all)
   end
 
   def sync_project_assignments
diff --git a/app/views/projects/index/modals/_edit_project_contents.html.erb b/app/views/projects/index/modals/_edit_project_contents.html.erb
index f184e73be..31c140ecd 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/index/modals/_edit_project_contents.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/index/modals/_edit_project_contents.html.erb
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     </div>
     <div class="row <%= f.object.hidden? ? 'hidden' : '' %>" id="role_select_wrapper">
       <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12">
-        <%= f.select :group_user_role_id,
-                     options_for_select(user_roles_collection, selected: f.object.group_user_role_id),
+        <%= f.select :default_public_user_role_id,
+                     options_for_select(user_roles_collection, selected: f.object.default_public_user_role_id),
                      { label: t('user_assignment.select_default_user_role') },
                      class: 'form-control selectpicker'%>
       </div>
diff --git a/app/views/projects/index/modals/_new_project.html.erb b/app/views/projects/index/modals/_new_project.html.erb
index fee45a4c4..81fcf3bfc 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/index/modals/_new_project.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/index/modals/_new_project.html.erb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
           </div>
           <div class="row hidden" id="role_select_wrapper">
             <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12">
-              <%= f.select :group_user_role_id,
+              <%= f.select :default_public_user_role_id,
                            options_for_select(user_roles_collection, UserRole.find_by(name: I18n.t('user_roles.predefined.viewer')).id),
                            class: 'form-control selectpicker'%>
             </div>
diff --git a/db/migrate/20210222123822_add_default_public_user_role_to_projects.rb b/db/migrate/20210222123822_add_default_public_user_role_to_projects.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2c462c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20210222123822_add_default_public_user_role_to_projects.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddDefaultPublicUserRoleToProjects < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+  def change
+    add_reference :projects, :default_public_user_role, foreign_key: { to_table: :user_roles }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20210222123823_migrate_to_new_user_roles.rb b/db/migrate/20210222123823_migrate_to_new_user_roles.rb
index 47cea1970..bd273a752 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20210222123823_migrate_to_new_user_roles.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20210222123823_migrate_to_new_user_roles.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class MigrateToNewUserRoles < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
     Team.preload(:users).find_each do |team|
       public_projects = team.projects.where(visibility: 'visible')
       public_projects.preload(:team, experiments: :my_modules).find_each(batch_size: 10) do |project|
+        project.update!(default_public_user_role: viewer_role)
+
         user_assignments = []
         already_assigned_user_ids = project.user_assignments.pluck(:user_id)
         unassigned_users = team.users.reject { |u| already_assigned_user_ids.include?(u.id) }
diff --git a/db/migrate/20210627095718_add_group_user_role_to_projects.rb b/db/migrate/20210627095718_add_group_user_role_to_projects.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index eef0ef3ee..000000000
--- a/db/migrate/20210627095718_add_group_user_role_to_projects.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-class AddGroupUserRoleToProjects < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
-  def change
-    add_reference :projects, :group_user_role, foreign_key: { to_table: :user_roles }
-  end
-end
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index c3b320f2a..8319638b6 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ CREATE TABLE public.projects (
     template boolean,
     demo boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
     project_folder_id bigint,
-    group_user_role_id bigint
+    default_public_user_role_id bigint
 );
 
 
@@ -2587,9 +2587,9 @@ CREATE TABLE public.user_assignments (
     user_id bigint NOT NULL,
     user_role_id bigint NOT NULL,
     assigned_by_id bigint,
+    assigned integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
     created_at timestamp(6) without time zone NOT NULL,
-    updated_at timestamp(6) without time zone NOT NULL,
-    assigned integer DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL
+    updated_at timestamp(6) without time zone NOT NULL
 );
 
 
@@ -4978,10 +4978,10 @@ CREATE INDEX index_projects_on_created_by_id ON public.projects USING btree (cre
 
 
 --
--- Name: index_projects_on_group_user_role_id; Type: INDEX; Schema: public; Owner: -
+-- Name: index_projects_on_default_public_user_role_id; Type: INDEX; Schema: public; Owner: -
 --
 
-CREATE INDEX index_projects_on_group_user_role_id ON public.projects USING btree (group_user_role_id);
+CREATE INDEX index_projects_on_default_public_user_role_id ON public.projects USING btree (default_public_user_role_id);
 
 
 --
@@ -6651,14 +6651,6 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY public.repository_rows
     ADD CONSTRAINT fk_rails_7186e2b731 FOREIGN KEY (last_modified_by_id) REFERENCES public.users(id);
 
 
---
--- Name: projects fk_rails_73110d691c; Type: FK CONSTRAINT; Schema: public; Owner: -
---
-
-ALTER TABLE ONLY public.projects
-    ADD CONSTRAINT fk_rails_73110d691c FOREIGN KEY (group_user_role_id) REFERENCES public.user_roles(id);
-
-
 --
 -- Name: oauth_access_tokens fk_rails_732cb83ab7; Type: FK CONSTRAINT; Schema: public; Owner: -
 --
@@ -6955,6 +6947,14 @@ ALTER TABLE ONLY public.repository_status_items
     ADD CONSTRAINT fk_rails_9acc03f846 FOREIGN KEY (created_by_id) REFERENCES public.users(id);
 
 
+--
+-- Name: projects fk_rails_9b9763cd55; Type: FK CONSTRAINT; Schema: public; Owner: -
+--
+
+ALTER TABLE ONLY public.projects
+    ADD CONSTRAINT fk_rails_9b9763cd55 FOREIGN KEY (default_public_user_role_id) REFERENCES public.user_roles(id);
+
+
 --
 -- Name: results fk_rails_9be849c454; Type: FK CONSTRAINT; Schema: public; Owner: -
 --
@@ -7685,6 +7685,7 @@ INSERT INTO "schema_migrations" (version) VALUES
 ('20210128105458'),
 ('20210202214508'),
 ('20210217114042'),
+('20210222123822'),
 ('20210222123823'),
 ('20210312185911'),
 ('20210325152257'),
@@ -7693,10 +7694,8 @@ INSERT INTO "schema_migrations" (version) VALUES
 ('20210506125657'),
 ('20210531114633'),
 ('20210603152345'),
-('20210612070220'),
 ('20210616071836'),
 ('20210622101238'),
-('20210627095718'),
 ('20210715125349'),
 ('20210716124649'),
 ('20210720112050'),