diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.mjs
index 66e005f0d6..89477058bc 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Authentication/AuthenticationController.mjs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ const AuthenticationController = {
       analyticsId: user.analyticsId || user._id,
       alphaProgram: user.alphaProgram || undefined, // only store if set
       betaProgram: user.betaProgram || undefined, // only store if set
-      labsProgram: user.labsProgram || undefined, // only store if set
+      labsProgram: user.labsProgram, // always store, we could revert about 1 week after deploying this change.
     }
     if (user.isAdmin) {
       lightUser.isAdmin = true
diff --git a/tools/migrations/20260615090000_back_fill_labsProgram.mjs b/tools/migrations/20260615090000_back_fill_labsProgram.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce54e0f579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/migrations/20260615090000_back_fill_labsProgram.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { batchedUpdate } from '@overleaf/mongo-utils/batchedUpdate.js'
+
+const tags = ['server-ce', 'server-pro', 'saas', 'nonblocking']
+
+const migrate = async client => {
+  const { db } = client
+  await batchedUpdate(
+    db.users,
+    { labsProgram: { $ne: true } },
+    { $set: { labsProgram: false } }
+  )
+}
+
+const rollback = async () => {}
+
+export default {
+  tags,
+  migrate,
+  rollback,
+}