diff --git a/client/app/components/projects/new.js b/client/app/components/projects/new.js
index 20ad8420..8b869d76 100644
--- a/client/app/components/projects/new.js
+++ b/client/app/components/projects/new.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { action } from '@ember/object';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import SubmittableProjectsNewForm from '../../validations/submittable-projects-new-form';
 import { optionset } from '../../helpers/optionset';
-
+import { DCPAPPLICANTROLE } from '../../optionsets/project-applicant';
 
 export default class ProjectsNewFormComponent extends Component {
   validations = {
@@ -35,14 +35,12 @@ export default class ProjectsNewFormComponent extends Component {
       applicantType: this.args.package.applicantType.code,
     };
 
-    console.log("projectInformation", projectInformation);
-
     const primaryContactInput = {
       first: this.args.package.primaryContactFirstName,
       last: this.args.package.primaryContactLastName,
       email: this.args.package.primaryContactEmail,
       phone: this.args.package.primaryContactPhone,
-      role: 'contact',
+      role: DCPAPPLICANTROLE.PRIMARY_CONTACT.code,
     };
 
     const applicantInput = {
@@ -50,29 +48,35 @@ export default class ProjectsNewFormComponent extends Component {
       last: this.args.package.applicantLastName,
       email: this.args.package.applicantEmail,
       phone: this.args.package.applicantPhone,
-      role: 'applicant',
+      role: DCPAPPLICANTROLE.PRIMARY_APPLICANT.code,
     };
 
-     let newProject = this.store.createRecord("project", {
-         dcpProjectname: projectInformation.projectName,
-         dcpBorough: projectInformation.borough,
-         dcpApplicanttype: projectInformation.applicantType,
-       });
-      //  return projectModel.save();
-
-    console.log('new project?', newProject);
-    console.log('new project?', newProject.changedAttributes());
-
     const contactInputs = [primaryContactInput, applicantInput];
 
     try {
-      const contactPromises = contactInputs.map(
-        (contact) => this.store.queryRecord('contact',
-          {
-            email: contact.email,
-            includeAllStatusCodes: true,
-          }),
-      );
+      // Create and save the initial project model
+      const projectModel = this.store.createRecord('project', {
+        dcpProjectname: projectInformation.projectName,
+        dcpBorough: projectInformation.borough,
+        dcpApplicanttype: projectInformation.applicantType,
+      });
+
+      await projectModel.save();
+      console.log('new project?', projectModel);
+
+      // Fetch and resolve the most recent project
+      const projects = await this.store.findAll('project');
+      const sortedProjects = projects.sortBy('createdAt').reverse();
+      const mostRecentProject = sortedProjects.get('firstObject');
+
+      console.log('Resolved most recent project:', mostRecentProject);
+
+      // Proceed with contact promises
+      const contactPromises = contactInputs.map((contact) => this.store.queryRecord('contact',
+        {
+          email: contact.email,
+          includeAllStatusCodes: true,
+        }));
 
       const contacts = await Promise.all(contactPromises);
 
@@ -90,21 +94,43 @@ export default class ProjectsNewFormComponent extends Component {
         return contact;
       });
 
-      // const saveProjectInformation = () => {
-      //   const projectModel = this.store.createRecord('project', {
-      //     dcpProjectName: projectInformation.projectName,
-      //     dcpBorough: projectInformation.borough,
-      //     dcoApplicantType: projectInformation.applicantType,
-      //   });
-      //   return projectModel.save();
-      // };
-
-      await Promise.all(verifiedContactPromises)
-        .then(
-          await this.args.package.submit(),
+      const verifiedContacts = await Promise.all(verifiedContactPromises);
+
+      const applicantRoleCodes = [DCPAPPLICANTROLE.PRIMARY_CONTACT.code, DCPAPPLICANTROLE.PRIMARY_APPLICANT.code];
+      const applicants = applicantRoleCodes.map((code) => {
+        const applicant = this.store.createRecord('project-applicant', {
+          dcpApplicantrole: code,
+        });
+        const input = contactInputs.find((input) => input.role === code);
+        if (input === undefined) throw new Error('Applicant role not found');
+        const { email } = input;
+        const contact = verifiedContacts.find((contact) => contact.emailaddress1 === email);
+        if (contact === undefined) throw new Error('Contact for applicant role not found');
+        applicant.contact = contact;
+        return applicant;
+      });
+
+      console.log('applicants', applicants);
+
+      applicants.forEach(
+        (applicant) => mostRecentProject.projectApplicants.pushObject(applicant),
+      );
+      applicants.forEach((applicant) => {
+        console.log('applicant', applicant);
+        console.log(
+          'mostRecentProject.projectApplicants',
+          mostRecentProject.projectApplicants,
         );
+        applicant.mostRecentProject = mostRecentProject;
+        applicant.save();
+      });
+
+      await mostRecentProject.save();
+
+      // .then(await this.args.package.submit());
     } catch (error) {
-      console.log('Save new project package error', error);
+      console.log('Save new project package error', error.message);
+      console.log('the error', error);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/app/serializers/project.js b/client/app/serializers/project.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4172e1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/serializers/project.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { EmbeddedRecordsMixin } from '@ember-data/serializer/rest';
+import JSONAPISerializer from "@ember-data/serializer/json-api";
+ 
+export default JSONAPISerializer.extend(EmbeddedRecordsMixin, {
+  attrs: {
+    projectApplicants: { embedded: "always" },
+  },
+});