diff --git a/apps/app/components/project/sidebar-list.tsx b/apps/app/components/project/sidebar-list.tsx
index 5a35d5625..eab2206b1 100644
--- a/apps/app/components/project/sidebar-list.tsx
+++ b/apps/app/components/project/sidebar-list.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { mutate } from "swr";
 
 // react-beautiful-dnd
 import { DragDropContext, Draggable, DropResult, Droppable } from "react-beautiful-dnd";
+// headless ui
+import { Disclosure } from "@headlessui/react";
 // hooks
 import useToast from "hooks/use-toast";
 import useTheme from "hooks/use-theme";
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ import { DeleteProjectModal, SingleSidebarProject } from "components/project";
 // services
 import projectService from "services/project.service";
 // icons
+import { Icon } from "components/ui";
 import { PlusIcon } from "@heroicons/react/24/outline";
 // helpers
 import { copyTextToClipboard } from "helpers/string.helper";
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ export const ProjectSidebarList: FC = () => {
 
   // router
   const router = useRouter();
-  const { workspaceSlug } = router.query;
+  const { workspaceSlug, projectId } = router.query;
 
   const { user } = useUserAuth();
 
@@ -38,15 +41,18 @@ export const ProjectSidebarList: FC = () => {
   const { setToastAlert } = useToast();
 
   const { projects: allProjects } = useProjects();
+
+  const joinedProjects = allProjects?.filter((p) => p.sort_order);
   const favoriteProjects = allProjects?.filter((p) => p.is_favorite);
+  const otherProjects = allProjects?.filter((p) => p.sort_order === null);
 
-  const orderedAllProjects = allProjects
-    ? orderArrayBy(allProjects, "sort_order", "ascending")
-    : [];
+  const orderedJoinedProjects: IProject[] | undefined = joinedProjects
+    ? orderArrayBy(joinedProjects, "sort_order", "ascending")
+    : undefined;
 
-  const orderedFavProjects = favoriteProjects
+  const orderedFavProjects: IProject[] | undefined = favoriteProjects
     ? orderArrayBy(favoriteProjects, "sort_order", "ascending")
-    : [];
+    : undefined;
 
   const handleDeleteProject = (project: IProject) => {
     setProjectToDelete(project);
@@ -69,22 +75,25 @@ export const ProjectSidebarList: FC = () => {
     const { source, destination, draggableId } = result;
 
     if (!destination || !workspaceSlug) return;
+
     if (source.index === destination.index) return;
 
-    const projectList =
-      destination.droppableId === "all-projects" ? orderedAllProjects : orderedFavProjects;
+    const projectsList =
+      (destination.droppableId === "joined-projects"
+        ? orderedJoinedProjects
+        : orderedFavProjects) ?? [];
 
-    let updatedSortOrder = projectList[source.index].sort_order;
-    if (destination.index === 0) {
-      updatedSortOrder = projectList[0].sort_order - 1000;
-    } else if (destination.index === projectList.length - 1) {
-      updatedSortOrder = projectList[projectList.length - 1].sort_order + 1000;
-    } else {
-      const destinationSortingOrder = projectList[destination.index].sort_order;
+    let updatedSortOrder = projectsList[source.index].sort_order;
+
+    if (destination.index === 0) updatedSortOrder = (projectsList[0].sort_order as number) - 1000;
+    else if (destination.index === projectsList.length - 1)
+      updatedSortOrder = (projectsList[projectsList.length - 1].sort_order as number) + 1000;
+    else {
+      const destinationSortingOrder = projectsList[destination.index].sort_order as number;
       const relativeDestinationSortingOrder =
         source.index < destination.index
-          ? projectList[destination.index + 1].sort_order
-          : projectList[destination.index - 1].sort_order;
+          ? (projectsList[destination.index + 1].sort_order as number)
+          : (projectsList[destination.index - 1].sort_order as number);
 
       updatedSortOrder = Math.round(
         (destinationSortingOrder + relativeDestinationSortingOrder) / 2
@@ -121,76 +130,162 @@ export const ProjectSidebarList: FC = () => {
         data={projectToDelete}
         user={user}
       />
-      <div className="h-full overflow-y-auto px-4">
+      <div className="h-full overflow-y-auto px-5 space-y-3 pt-3 border-t border-custom-sidebar-border-300">
         <DragDropContext onDragEnd={onDragEnd}>
           <Droppable droppableId="favorite-projects">
             {(provided) => (
               <div ref={provided.innerRef} {...provided.droppableProps}>
                 {orderedFavProjects && orderedFavProjects.length > 0 && (
-                  <div className="flex flex-col space-y-2 mt-5">
-                    {!sidebarCollapse && (
-                      <h5 className="text-sm font-medium text-custom-sidebar-text-200">
-                        Favorites
-                      </h5>
-                    )}
-                    {orderedFavProjects.map((project, index) => (
-                      <Draggable key={project.id} draggableId={project.id} index={index}>
-                        {(provided, snapshot) => (
-                          <div ref={provided.innerRef} {...provided.draggableProps}>
-                            <SingleSidebarProject
-                              key={project.id}
-                              project={project}
-                              sidebarCollapse={sidebarCollapse}
-                              provided={provided}
-                              snapshot={snapshot}
-                              handleDeleteProject={() => handleDeleteProject(project)}
-                              handleCopyText={() => handleCopyText(project.id)}
-                              shortContextMenu
+                  <Disclosure
+                    as="div"
+                    className="flex flex-col space-y-2"
+                    defaultOpen={
+                      projectId && orderedFavProjects.find((p) => p.id === projectId) ? true : false
+                    }
+                  >
+                    {({ open }) => (
+                      <>
+                        {!sidebarCollapse && (
+                          <Disclosure.Button
+                            as="button"
+                            type="button"
+                            className="group flex items-center gap-1 px-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-custom-sidebar-text-200 text-left hover:bg-custom-sidebar-background-80 rounded w-min whitespace-nowrap"
+                          >
+                            Favorites
+                            <Icon
+                              iconName={open ? "arrow_drop_down" : "arrow_right"}
+                              className="group-hover:opacity-100 opacity-0 !text-lg"
                             />
-                          </div>
+                          </Disclosure.Button>
                         )}
-                      </Draggable>
-                    ))}
-                    {provided.placeholder}
-                  </div>
+                        <Disclosure.Panel as="div" className="space-y-2">
+                          {orderedFavProjects.map((project, index) => (
+                            <Draggable
+                              key={project.id}
+                              draggableId={project.id}
+                              index={index}
+                              isDragDisabled={project.sort_order === null}
+                            >
+                              {(provided, snapshot) => (
+                                <div ref={provided.innerRef} {...provided.draggableProps}>
+                                  <SingleSidebarProject
+                                    key={project.id}
+                                    project={project}
+                                    sidebarCollapse={sidebarCollapse}
+                                    provided={provided}
+                                    snapshot={snapshot}
+                                    handleDeleteProject={() => handleDeleteProject(project)}
+                                    handleCopyText={() => handleCopyText(project.id)}
+                                    shortContextMenu
+                                  />
+                                </div>
+                              )}
+                            </Draggable>
+                          ))}
+                        </Disclosure.Panel>
+                        {provided.placeholder}
+                      </>
+                    )}
+                  </Disclosure>
                 )}
               </div>
             )}
           </Droppable>
         </DragDropContext>
         <DragDropContext onDragEnd={onDragEnd}>
-          <Droppable droppableId="all-projects">
+          <Droppable droppableId="joined-projects">
             {(provided) => (
               <div ref={provided.innerRef} {...provided.droppableProps}>
-                {orderedAllProjects && orderedAllProjects.length > 0 && (
-                  <div className="flex flex-col space-y-2 mt-5">
-                    {!sidebarCollapse && (
-                      <h5 className="text-sm font-medium text-custom-sidebar-text-200">Projects</h5>
-                    )}
-                    {orderedAllProjects.map((project, index) => (
-                      <Draggable key={project.id} draggableId={project.id} index={index}>
-                        {(provided, snapshot) => (
-                          <div ref={provided.innerRef} {...provided.draggableProps}>
-                            <SingleSidebarProject
-                              key={project.id}
-                              project={project}
-                              sidebarCollapse={sidebarCollapse}
-                              provided={provided}
-                              snapshot={snapshot}
-                              handleDeleteProject={() => handleDeleteProject(project)}
-                              handleCopyText={() => handleCopyText(project.id)}
+                {orderedJoinedProjects && orderedJoinedProjects.length > 0 && (
+                  <Disclosure
+                    as="div"
+                    className="flex flex-col space-y-2"
+                    defaultOpen={
+                      projectId && orderedJoinedProjects.find((p) => p.id === projectId)
+                        ? true
+                        : false
+                    }
+                  >
+                    {({ open }) => (
+                      <>
+                        {!sidebarCollapse && (
+                          <Disclosure.Button
+                            as="button"
+                            type="button"
+                            className="group flex items-center gap-1 px-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-custom-sidebar-text-200 text-left hover:bg-custom-sidebar-background-80 rounded w-min whitespace-nowrap"
+                          >
+                            Projects
+                            <Icon
+                              iconName={open ? "arrow_drop_down" : "arrow_right"}
+                              className="group-hover:opacity-100 opacity-0 !text-lg"
                             />
-                          </div>
+                          </Disclosure.Button>
                         )}
-                      </Draggable>
-                    ))}
-                    {provided.placeholder}
-                  </div>
+                        <Disclosure.Panel as="div" className="space-y-2">
+                          {orderedJoinedProjects.map((project, index) => (
+                            <Draggable key={project.id} draggableId={project.id} index={index}>
+                              {(provided, snapshot) => (
+                                <div ref={provided.innerRef} {...provided.draggableProps}>
+                                  <SingleSidebarProject
+                                    key={project.id}
+                                    project={project}
+                                    sidebarCollapse={sidebarCollapse}
+                                    provided={provided}
+                                    snapshot={snapshot}
+                                    handleDeleteProject={() => handleDeleteProject(project)}
+                                    handleCopyText={() => handleCopyText(project.id)}
+                                  />
+                                </div>
+                              )}
+                            </Draggable>
+                          ))}
+                        </Disclosure.Panel>
+                        {provided.placeholder}
+                      </>
+                    )}
+                  </Disclosure>
                 )}
               </div>
             )}
           </Droppable>
         </DragDropContext>
+        {otherProjects && otherProjects.length > 0 && (
+          <Disclosure
+            as="div"
+            className="flex flex-col space-y-2"
+            defaultOpen={projectId && otherProjects.find((p) => p.id === projectId) ? true : false}
+          >
+            {({ open }) => (
+              <>
+                {!sidebarCollapse && (
+                  <Disclosure.Button
+                    as="button"
+                    type="button"
+                    className="group flex items-center gap-1 px-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-custom-sidebar-text-200 text-left hover:bg-custom-sidebar-background-80 rounded w-min whitespace-nowrap"
+                  >
+                    Other Projects
+                    <Icon
+                      iconName={open ? "arrow_drop_down" : "arrow_right"}
+                      className="group-hover:opacity-100 opacity-0 !text-lg"
+                    />
+                  </Disclosure.Button>
+                )}
+                <Disclosure.Panel as="div" className="space-y-2">
+                  {otherProjects?.map((project, index) => (
+                    <SingleSidebarProject
+                      key={project.id}
+                      project={project}
+                      sidebarCollapse={sidebarCollapse}
+                      handleDeleteProject={() => handleDeleteProject(project)}
+                      handleCopyText={() => handleCopyText(project.id)}
+                      shortContextMenu
+                    />
+                  ))}
+                </Disclosure.Panel>
+              </>
+            )}
+          </Disclosure>
+        )}
         {allProjects && allProjects.length === 0 && (
           <button
             type="button"
diff --git a/apps/app/components/project/single-sidebar-project.tsx b/apps/app/components/project/single-sidebar-project.tsx
index 122012365..64227b7a3 100644
--- a/apps/app/components/project/single-sidebar-project.tsx
+++ b/apps/app/components/project/single-sidebar-project.tsx
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ import { PROJECTS_LIST } from "constants/fetch-keys";
 type Props = {
   project: IProject;
   sidebarCollapse: boolean;
-  provided: DraggableProvided;
-  snapshot: DraggableStateSnapshot;
+  provided?: DraggableProvided;
+  snapshot?: DraggableStateSnapshot;
   handleDeleteProject: () => void;
   handleCopyText: () => void;
   shortContextMenu?: boolean;
@@ -133,34 +133,36 @@ export const SingleSidebarProject: React.FC<Props> = ({
   };
 
   return (
-    <Disclosure key={project?.id} defaultOpen={projectId === project?.id}>
+    <Disclosure key={project.id} defaultOpen={projectId === project.id}>
       {({ open }) => (
         <>
           <div
-            className={`group relative flex items-center gap-x-1 text-custom-sidebar-text-100 ${
-              snapshot.isDragging ? "opacity-60" : ""
+            className={`group relative text-custom-sidebar-text-10 px-2 py-1 w-full flex items-center hover:bg-custom-sidebar-background-80 rounded-md ${
+              snapshot?.isDragging ? "opacity-60" : ""
             }`}
           >
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              className={`absolute top-2 left-0 hidden rounded p-0.5 ${
-                sidebarCollapse ? "" : "group-hover:!flex"
-              }`}
-              {...provided.dragHandleProps}
-            >
-              <EllipsisVerticalIcon className="h-4" />
-              <EllipsisVerticalIcon className="-ml-5 h-4" />
-            </button>
+            {provided && (
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className={`absolute top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 -left-4 hidden rounded p-0.5 ${
+                  sidebarCollapse ? "" : "group-hover:!flex"
+                }`}
+                {...provided?.dragHandleProps}
+              >
+                <EllipsisVerticalIcon className="h-4" />
+                <EllipsisVerticalIcon className="-ml-5 h-4" />
+              </button>
+            )}
             <Tooltip
-              tooltipContent={`${project?.name}`}
+              tooltipContent={`${project.name}`}
               position="right"
               className="ml-2"
               disabled={!sidebarCollapse}
             >
               <Disclosure.Button
                 as="div"
-                className={`flex w-full cursor-pointer select-none items-center rounded-sm py-1 text-left text-sm font-medium ${
-                  sidebarCollapse ? "justify-center" : "justify-between ml-4"
+                className={`flex items-center w-full cursor-pointer select-none text-left text-sm font-medium ${
+                  sidebarCollapse ? "justify-center" : `justify-between`
                 }`}
               >
                 <div className="flex items-center gap-x-2">
@@ -184,21 +186,23 @@ export const SingleSidebarProject: React.FC<Props> = ({
                         open ? "" : "text-custom-sidebar-text-200"
                       }`}
                     >
-                      {truncateText(project?.name, 14)}
+                      {truncateText(project.name, 15)}
                     </p>
                   )}
                 </div>
                 {!sidebarCollapse && (
                   <ExpandMoreOutlined
                     fontSize="small"
-                    className={`${open ? "rotate-180" : ""} text-custom-text-200 duration-300`}
+                    className={`${
+                      open ? "rotate-180" : ""
+                    } !hidden group-hover:!block text-custom-sidebar-text-200 duration-300`}
                   />
                 )}
               </Disclosure.Button>
             </Tooltip>
 
             {!sidebarCollapse && (
-              <CustomMenu ellipsis>
+              <CustomMenu className="hidden group-hover:block" ellipsis>
                 {!shortContextMenu && (
                   <CustomMenu.MenuItem onClick={handleDeleteProject}>
                     <span className="flex items-center justify-start gap-2 ">
diff --git a/apps/app/components/workspace/sidebar-menu.tsx b/apps/app/components/workspace/sidebar-menu.tsx
index 629a7b3a1..6a2d94cb1 100644
--- a/apps/app/components/workspace/sidebar-menu.tsx
+++ b/apps/app/components/workspace/sidebar-menu.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const WorkspaceSidebarMenu = () => {
   const { collapsed: sidebarCollapse } = useTheme();
 
   return (
-    <div className="w-full cursor-pointer space-y-2 px-4 mt-5">
+    <div className="w-full cursor-pointer space-y-2 px-4 mt-5 pb-5">
       {workspaceLinks(workspaceSlug as string).map((link, index) => {
         const isActive =
           link.name === "Settings"
diff --git a/apps/app/hooks/use-profile-issues.tsx b/apps/app/hooks/use-profile-issues.tsx
index 82b7a2ad7..850886462 100644
--- a/apps/app/hooks/use-profile-issues.tsx
+++ b/apps/app/hooks/use-profile-issues.tsx
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ const useProfileIssues = (workspaceSlug: string | undefined, userId: string | un
       : null
   );
 
-  console.log(memberRole);
-
   const groupedIssues:
     | {
         [key: string]: IIssue[];
diff --git a/apps/app/hooks/use-user.tsx b/apps/app/hooks/use-user.tsx
index f5186a273..f9b6e36d8 100644
--- a/apps/app/hooks/use-user.tsx
+++ b/apps/app/hooks/use-user.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export default function useUser({ redirectTo = "", redirectIfFound = false, opti
   );
 
   const user = error ? undefined : data;
-  // console.log("useUser", user);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // if no redirect needed, just return (example: already on /dashboard)
diff --git a/apps/app/types/projects.d.ts b/apps/app/types/projects.d.ts
index 6ea201391..2274e3d22 100644
--- a/apps/app/types/projects.d.ts
+++ b/apps/app/types/projects.d.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export interface IProject {
   network: number;
   page_view: boolean;
   project_lead: IUserLite | string | null;
-  sort_order: number;
+  sort_order: number | null;
   slug: string;
   total_cycles: number;
   total_members: number;