diff --git a/server/src/core/startup/index.ts b/server/src/core/startup/index.ts
index faf55737..61b380fb 100644
--- a/server/src/core/startup/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/core/startup/index.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ import { getFromCache } from '../../data/cache';
 import initRedisValues from '../../data/cache/defaults';
 import { PlaybookModel } from '../../data/database/model/Playbook';
 import PlaybooksRepositoryRepo from '../../data/database/repository/PlaybooksRepositoryRepo';
+import UserRepo from '../../data/database/repository/UserRepo';
 import Crons from '../../integrations/crons';
 import WatcherEngine from '../../integrations/docker/core/WatcherEngine';
 import providerConf from '../../integrations/docker/registries/providers/provider.conf';
 import PlaybooksRepositoryEngine from '../../integrations/playbooks-repository/PlaybooksRepositoryEngine';
+import Shell from '../../integrations/shell';
 import logger from '../../logger';
 import ContainerRegistryUseCases from '../../use-cases/ContainerRegistryUseCases';
 import DeviceAuthUseCases from '../../use-cases/DeviceAuthUseCases';
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ async function init() {
 
   if (version !== SettingsKeys.DefaultValue.SCHEME_VERSION) {
     await migrate();
+    await createADefaultLocalUserRepository();
     logger.warn(`[CONFIGURATION] - Scheme version differed, starting writing updates`);
     await initRedisValues();
     void setAnsibleVersion();
@@ -64,6 +67,23 @@ async function migrate() {
   }
 }
 
+export async function createADefaultLocalUserRepository() {
+  const user = await UserRepo.findFirst();
+  if (user) {
+    const userPlaybooksRepository = {
+      name: user?.email.trim().split('@')[0] || 'user-default',
+      enabled: true,
+      type: Playbooks.PlaybooksRepositoryType.LOCAL,
+      directory: '/playbooks/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002',
+      uuid: '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002',
+    };
+    await PlaybooksRepositoryRepo.updateOrCreate(userPlaybooksRepository);
+    try {
+      Shell.FileSystemManager.createDirectory(userPlaybooksRepository.directory);
+    } catch (error: any) {}
+  }
+}
+
 export default {
   init,
 };
diff --git a/server/src/data/database/model/Playbook.ts b/server/src/data/database/model/Playbook.ts
index 333e63e8..9756cfe3 100644
--- a/server/src/data/database/model/Playbook.ts
+++ b/server/src/data/database/model/Playbook.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const schema = new Schema<Playbook>(
     uniqueQuickRef: {
       type: Schema.Types.String,
       unique: true,
+      sparse: true,
     },
     path: {
       type: Schema.Types.String,
diff --git a/server/src/data/database/repository/UserRepo.ts b/server/src/data/database/repository/UserRepo.ts
index 2e7090f8..877f1c61 100644
--- a/server/src/data/database/repository/UserRepo.ts
+++ b/server/src/data/database/repository/UserRepo.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ async function updateLogsLevel(email: string, userLogsLevel: UserLogsLevel): Pro
   await UsersModel.updateOne({ email: email }, { logsLevel: userLogsLevel }).exec();
 }
 
+async function findFirst(): Promise<User | null> {
+  return await UsersModel.findOne().lean().exec();
+}
+
 export default {
   create,
   findByEmailAndPassword,
@@ -50,4 +54,5 @@ export default {
   resetApiKey,
   updateLogsLevel,
   findByApiKey,
+  findFirst,
 };
diff --git a/server/src/services/user/user.ts b/server/src/services/user/user.ts
index 44e6cc4f..6148a630 100644
--- a/server/src/services/user/user.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/user/user.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { SettingsKeys } from 'ssm-shared-lib';
 import { AuthFailureError } from '../../core/api/ApiError';
 import { SuccessResponse } from '../../core/api/ApiResponse';
+import { createADefaultLocalUserRepository } from '../../core/startup';
 import { getAnsibleVersion } from '../../core/system/version';
 import { Role } from '../../data/database/model/User';
 import UserRepo from '../../data/database/repository/UserRepo';
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ export const createFirstUser = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
   if (hasUser) {
     throw new AuthFailureError('Your instance already has a user, you must first connect');
   }
-
+  // TODO: move to use cases
   await UserRepo.create({
     email: email,
     password: password,
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ export const createFirstUser = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
     role: Role.ADMIN,
     avatar: avatar || '/avatars/squirrel.svg',
   });
+  await createADefaultLocalUserRepository();
   new SuccessResponse('Create first user').send(res);
 });
 
diff --git a/shared-lib/src/enums/settings.ts b/shared-lib/src/enums/settings.ts
index cf4e7c84..40176db9 100644
--- a/shared-lib/src/enums/settings.ts
+++ b/shared-lib/src/enums/settings.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export enum AnsibleReservedExtraVarsKeys {
 }
 
 export enum DefaultValue {
-  SCHEME_VERSION = '6',
+  SCHEME_VERSION = '7',
   SERVER_LOG_RETENTION_IN_DAYS = '30',
   CONSIDER_DEVICE_OFFLINE_AFTER_IN_MINUTES = '3',
   CONSIDER_PERFORMANCE_GOOD_MEM_IF_GREATER = '10',