diff --git a/packages/insomnia-data/node-src/services/project.ts b/packages/insomnia-data/node-src/services/project.ts
index 9cad52c5f29f..db9cae9cd7d9 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-data/node-src/services/project.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia-data/node-src/services/project.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import { fetchTeamProjects } from 'insomnia-api';
 import type { Project, Query, RemoteProject } from 'insomnia-data';
 import { database as db, models } from 'insomnia-data';
 
+import * as userSessionService from './user-session';
+
 const { type } = models.project;
 
 export function create(patch: Partial<Project> = {}) {
@@ -59,3 +62,98 @@ export function listByGitRepositoryIds(gitRepositoryIds: string | string[]) {
   const queryIds = ids.flatMap(id => models.project.getQueryableGitRepositoryIds(id));
   return list({ gitRepositoryId: { $in: queryIds } });
 }
+
+export async function getFirstProjectOfOrganization(organizationId: string) {
+  return db.findOne<Project>(type, { parentId: organizationId });
+}
+
+export async function getAllTeamProjects(organizationId: string) {
+  const { id: sessionId } = await userSessionService.get();
+  if (!sessionId) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  console.log('[project] Fetching', organizationId);
+  const response = await fetchTeamProjects({ sessionId, organizationId });
+  return response.data;
+}
+
+interface TeamProject {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+}
+
+export async function syncTeamProjects({
+  organizationId,
+  teamProjects,
+}: {
+  teamProjects: TeamProject[];
+  organizationId: string;
+}) {
+  // assumption: api teamProjects is the source of truth for migrated projects
+  // once migrated orgs become the source of truth for projects
+  // its important that migration be completed before this code is run
+  const existingRemoteProjects = await list({
+    remoteId: { $in: teamProjects.map(p => p.id) },
+  });
+
+  const existingRemoteProjectsRemoteIds = existingRemoteProjects.map(p => p.remoteId);
+  const remoteProjectsThatNeedToBeCreated = teamProjects.filter(p => !existingRemoteProjectsRemoteIds.includes(p.id));
+
+  // this will create a new project for any remote projects that don't exist in the current organization
+  await Promise.all(
+    remoteProjectsThatNeedToBeCreated.map(async prj => {
+      await create({
+        remoteId: prj.id,
+        name: prj.name,
+        parentId: organizationId,
+      });
+    }),
+  );
+
+  const remoteProjectsThatNeedToBeUpdated = await list({
+    // Remote ID is in the list of remote projects
+    remoteId: { $in: teamProjects.map(p => p.id) },
+  });
+
+  await Promise.all(
+    remoteProjectsThatNeedToBeUpdated.map(async prj => {
+      const remoteProject = teamProjects.find(p => p.id === prj.remoteId);
+      if (remoteProject && remoteProject.name !== prj.name) {
+        await update(prj, {
+          name: remoteProject.name,
+        });
+      }
+    }),
+  );
+
+  // Turn remote projects from the current organization that are not in the list of remote projects into local projects.
+  const removedRemoteProjects = await list({
+    // filter by this organization so no legacy data can be accidentally removed, because legacy had null parentId
+    parentId: organizationId,
+    // Remote ID is not in the list of remote projects.
+    // add `$ne: null` condition because if remoteId is already null, we dont need to remove it again.
+    // nedb use append-only format, all updates and deletes actually result in lines added
+    remoteId: {
+      $nin: teamProjects.map(p => p.id),
+      $ne: null,
+    },
+  });
+
+  await Promise.all(
+    removedRemoteProjects.map(async prj => {
+      await update(prj, {
+        remoteId: null,
+      });
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
+export async function syncProjects(organizationId: string) {
+  const user = await userSessionService.get();
+  const teamProjects = await getAllTeamProjects(organizationId);
+  // ensure we don't sync projects in the wrong place
+  if (Array.isArray(teamProjects) && user.id && !models.organization.isScratchpadOrganizationId(organizationId)) {
+    await syncTeamProjects({ teamProjects, organizationId });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/common/organization.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/common/organization.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..405a6be7d165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/common/organization.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { getCurrentPlan, getUserProfile } from 'insomnia-api';
+import { services } from 'insomnia-data';
+
+import { invariant } from '~/common/utils/invariant';
+
+// This is reusable action/loader implementations.
+export async function syncOrganizations(sessionId: string, accountId: string) {
+  try {
+    const [organizations, user, currentPlan] = await Promise.all([
+      services.organization.list(),
+      getUserProfile({ sessionId }),
+      getCurrentPlan({ sessionId }),
+    ]);
+
+    invariant(organizations, 'Failed to load organizations');
+    invariant(user && user.id, 'Failed to load user');
+    invariant(currentPlan && currentPlan.planId, 'Failed to load current plan');
+
+    invariant(accountId, 'Account ID is not defined');
+
+    localStorage.setItem(`${accountId}:spaces`, JSON.stringify(organizations));
+    localStorage.setItem(`${accountId}:user`, JSON.stringify(user));
+    localStorage.setItem(`${accountId}:currentPlan`, JSON.stringify(currentPlan));
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log('[organization] Failed to load Organizations', error);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/common/project.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/common/project.ts
index 1885dbb5d8d4..99c986e0ec87 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/common/project.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/common/project.ts
@@ -255,3 +255,7 @@ export async function getProjectsWithGitRepositories({
     };
   });
 }
+
+export const syncProjects = projectLock.wrapWithLock(async (organizationId: string) => {
+  await services.project.syncProjects(organizationId);
+});
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId._index.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId._index.tsx
index 5c40404bef74..acbb9f88e1d9 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId._index.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId._index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { redirect } from 'react-router';
 
-import { syncProjects } from '~/ui/organization-utils';
+import { syncProjects } from '~/common/project';
 import { getInitialRouteForOrganization } from '~/ui/utils/router';
 
 import type { Route } from './+types/organization.$organizationId._index';
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId.project._index.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId.project._index.tsx
index 579d683b03bb..3116b18320b4 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId.project._index.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId.project._index.tsx
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ export interface ProjectIndexLoaderData {
   projects: (Project & { gitRepository?: GitRepository })[];
 }
 
-const shouldAutoCreateInitialProject = async ({
-  accountId,
-}: {
-  accountId: string | null | undefined;
-}) => {
+const shouldAutoCreateInitialProject = async ({ accountId }: { accountId: string | null | undefined }) => {
   if (!accountId) {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId.sync-projects.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId.sync-projects.tsx
index 7a724ebb12da..832c10dac5fc 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId.sync-projects.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.$organizationId.sync-projects.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { href } from 'react-router';
 
-import { syncProjects } from '~/ui/organization-utils';
+import { syncProjects } from '~/common/project';
 import { createFetcherSubmitHook } from '~/ui/utils/router';
 
 import type { Route } from './+types/organization.$organizationId.sync-projects';
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization._index.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization._index.tsx
index 2973582d435c..5ea17f5ce1d0 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization._index.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization._index.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import type { Organization } from 'insomnia-api';
 import { services } from 'insomnia-data';
 import { href, redirect } from 'react-router';
 
+import { syncOrganizations } from '~/common/organization';
 import { invariant } from '~/common/utils/invariant';
 import * as session from '~/ui/account/session';
-import { findMigrationTargetSpaceId, migrateProjectsUnderOrganization, syncOrganizations } from '~/ui/organization-utils';
+import { findMigrationTargetSpaceId, migrateProjectsUnderOrganization } from '~/ui/organization-utils';
 
 import type { Route } from './+types/organization._index';
 
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.sync-organizations-and-projects.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.sync-organizations-and-projects.tsx
index 55ce75754214..9aed14d40cac 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.sync-organizations-and-projects.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.sync-organizations-and-projects.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import type { Organization } from 'insomnia-api';
 import { services } from 'insomnia-data';
 import { href, redirect } from 'react-router';
 
+import { syncOrganizations } from '~/common/organization';
+import { syncProjects } from '~/common/project';
 import { invariant } from '~/common/utils/invariant';
-import { findMigrationTargetSpaceId, migrateProjectsUnderOrganization, syncOrganizations, syncProjects } from '~/ui/organization-utils';
+import { findMigrationTargetSpaceId, migrateProjectsUnderOrganization } from '~/ui/organization-utils';
 import { AsyncTask, createFetcherSubmitHook } from '~/ui/utils/router';
 
 import type { Route } from './+types/organization.sync-organizations-and-projects';
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.sync.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.sync.tsx
index 8c694e5b72e5..4700a51a819f 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.sync.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/organization.sync.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { services } from 'insomnia-data';
 
-import { syncOrganizations } from '~/ui/organization-utils';
+import { syncOrganizations } from '~/common/organization';
 import { createFetcherSubmitHook } from '~/ui/utils/router';
 
 import type { Route } from './+types/organization.sync';
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/trial.start.tsx b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/trial.start.tsx
index c45dbdddd491..4a2ea6d7eee4 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/routes/trial.start.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/routes/trial.start.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
-import { startTrial } from 'insomnia-api';
+import { getCurrentPlan, startTrial } from 'insomnia-api';
 import { services } from 'insomnia-data';
 
-import { syncCurrentPlan } from '~/ui/organization-utils';
 import { createFetcherSubmitHook } from '~/ui/utils/router';
 
 import type { Route } from './+types/settings.update';
 
+async function syncCurrentPlan(sessionId: string, accountId: string) {
+  const [currentPlanResult] = await Promise.allSettled([getCurrentPlan({ sessionId })]);
+  if (currentPlanResult.status === 'fulfilled' && currentPlanResult.value) {
+    localStorage.setItem(`${accountId}:currentPlan`, JSON.stringify(currentPlanResult.value));
+  } else {
+    console.log('[current-plan] Failed to load current-plan', currentPlanResult.status);
+  }
+}
+
 export async function clientAction(_args: Route.ClientActionArgs) {
   const { id: sessionId, accountId } = await services.userSession.get();
 
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/organization-utils.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/organization-utils.ts
index f860dee45f57..3c0b5f837069 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/ui/organization-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/ui/organization-utils.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
-import {
-  createTeamProject,
-  fetchTeamProjects,
-  getCurrentPlan,
-  getUserProfile,
-  isApiError,
-  type Organization,
-} from 'insomnia-api';
+import { createTeamProject, isApiError, type Organization } from 'insomnia-api';
 import type { Project } from 'insomnia-data';
-import { models, services } from 'insomnia-data';
+import { services } from 'insomnia-data';
 
-import { projectLock } from '~/common/project';
 import { invariant } from '~/common/utils/invariant';
 
+// TODO: move vcs into services so we can remove this file.
 import {
   initializeLocalBackendProjectAndMarkForSync,
   pushSnapshotOnInitialize,
@@ -21,38 +14,6 @@ import {
   migrateProjectsIntoOrganization,
   shouldMigrateProjectUnderOrganization,
 } from '../sync/vcs/migrate-projects-into-organization';
-export { DEFAULT_STORAGE_RULES, fetchAndCacheOrganizationStorageRule } from '~/common/organization-storage-rules';
-
-export async function syncCurrentPlan(sessionId: string, accountId: string) {
-  const [currentPlanResult] = await Promise.allSettled([getCurrentPlan({ sessionId })]);
-  if (currentPlanResult.status === 'fulfilled' && currentPlanResult.value) {
-    localStorage.setItem(`${accountId}:currentPlan`, JSON.stringify(currentPlanResult.value));
-  } else {
-    console.log('[current-plan] Failed to load current-plan', currentPlanResult.status);
-  }
-}
-
-export async function syncOrganizations(sessionId: string, accountId: string) {
-  try {
-    const [organizations, user, currentPlan] = await Promise.all([
-      services.organization.list(),
-      getUserProfile({ sessionId }),
-      getCurrentPlan({ sessionId }),
-    ]);
-
-    invariant(organizations, 'Failed to load organizations');
-    invariant(user && user.id, 'Failed to load user');
-    invariant(currentPlan && currentPlan.planId, 'Failed to load current plan');
-
-    invariant(accountId, 'Account ID is not defined');
-
-    localStorage.setItem(`${accountId}:spaces`, JSON.stringify(organizations));
-    localStorage.setItem(`${accountId}:user`, JSON.stringify(user));
-    localStorage.setItem(`${accountId}:currentPlan`, JSON.stringify(currentPlan));
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.log('[organization] Failed to load Organizations', error);
-  }
-}
 
 export async function updateLocalProjectToRemote({
   project,
@@ -154,98 +115,3 @@ export async function migrateProjectsUnderOrganization(personalOrganizationId: s
     }
   }
 }
-
-interface TeamProject {
-  id: string;
-  name: string;
-}
-
-async function getAllTeamProjects(organizationId: string) {
-  const { id: sessionId } = await services.userSession.get();
-  if (!sessionId) {
-    return [];
-  }
-
-  console.log('[project] Fetching', organizationId);
-  const response = await fetchTeamProjects({ sessionId, organizationId });
-
-  return response.data;
-}
-
-async function syncTeamProjects({
-  organizationId,
-  teamProjects,
-}: {
-  teamProjects: TeamProject[];
-  organizationId: string;
-}) {
-  // assumption: api teamProjects is the source of truth for migrated projects
-  // once migrated orgs become the source of truth for projects
-  // its important that migration be completed before this code is run
-  const existingRemoteProjects = await services.project.list({
-    remoteId: { $in: teamProjects.map(p => p.id) },
-  });
-
-  const existingRemoteProjectsRemoteIds = existingRemoteProjects.map(p => p.remoteId);
-  const remoteProjectsThatNeedToBeCreated = teamProjects.filter(p => !existingRemoteProjectsRemoteIds.includes(p.id));
-
-  // this will create a new project for any remote projects that don't exist in the current organization
-  await Promise.all(
-    remoteProjectsThatNeedToBeCreated.map(async prj => {
-      await services.project.create({
-        remoteId: prj.id,
-        name: prj.name,
-        parentId: organizationId,
-      });
-    }),
-  );
-
-  const remoteProjectsThatNeedToBeUpdated = await services.project.list({
-    // Remote ID is in the list of remote projects
-    remoteId: { $in: teamProjects.map(p => p.id) },
-  });
-
-  await Promise.all(
-    remoteProjectsThatNeedToBeUpdated.map(async prj => {
-      const remoteProject = teamProjects.find(p => p.id === prj.remoteId);
-      if (remoteProject && remoteProject.name !== prj.name) {
-        await services.project.update(prj, {
-          name: remoteProject.name,
-        });
-      }
-    }),
-  );
-
-  // Turn remote projects from the current organization that are not in the list of remote projects into local projects.
-  const removedRemoteProjects = await services.project.list({
-    // filter by this organization so no legacy data can be accidentally removed, because legacy had null parentId
-    parentId: organizationId,
-    // Remote ID is not in the list of remote projects.
-    // add `$ne: null` condition because if remoteId is already null, we dont need to remove it again.
-    // nedb use append-only format, all updates and deletes actually result in lines added
-    remoteId: {
-      $nin: teamProjects.map(p => p.id),
-      $ne: null,
-    },
-  });
-
-  await Promise.all(
-    removedRemoteProjects.map(async prj => {
-      await services.project.update(prj, {
-        remoteId: null,
-      });
-    }),
-  );
-}
-
-export const syncProjects = projectLock.wrapWithLock(async (organizationId: string) => {
-  const user = await services.userSession.get();
-  const teamProjects = await getAllTeamProjects(organizationId);
-  // ensure we don't sync projects in the wrong place
-  if (Array.isArray(teamProjects) && user.id && !models.organization.isScratchpadOrganizationId(organizationId)) {
-    await syncTeamProjects({
-      organizationId,
-      teamProjects,
-    });
-  }
-});