diff --git a/backend/server/api/api.go b/backend/server/api/api.go
index 95a485713b3..69ca8a37477 100644
--- a/backend/server/api/api.go
+++ b/backend/server/api/api.go
@@ -59,13 +59,8 @@ func Init() {
 	basicRes = services.GetBasicRes()
 }
 
-func InjectCustomService(pipelineNotifier services.PipelineNotificationService) errors.Error {
-	if pipelineNotifier != nil {
-		if err := services.InjectCustomService(pipelineNotifier); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
+func InjectCustomService(pipelineNotifier services.PipelineNotificationService, projectService services.ProjectService) errors.Error {
+	return services.InjectCustomService(pipelineNotifier, projectService)
 }
 
 // @title  DevLake Swagger API
diff --git a/backend/server/services/init.go b/backend/server/services/init.go
index 894ffa09a86..7e794e68a68 100644
--- a/backend/server/services/init.go
+++ b/backend/server/services/init.go
@@ -125,11 +125,13 @@ func Init() {
 	registerPluginsMigrationScripts()
 }
 
-func InjectCustomService(pipelineNotifier PipelineNotificationService) errors.Error {
-	if pipelineNotifier == nil {
-		return errors.Default.New("pipeline notifier is nil")
+func InjectCustomService(customPipelineNotifier PipelineNotificationService, customProjectService ProjectService) errors.Error {
+	if customPipelineNotifier != nil {
+		customPipelineNotificationService = customPipelineNotifier
+	}
+	if customProjectService != nil {
+		projectService = customProjectService
 	}
-	customPipelineNotificationService = pipelineNotifier
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/server/services/project.go b/backend/server/services/project.go
index 2d70fd4d7bb..8e9528d3832 100644
--- a/backend/server/services/project.go
+++ b/backend/server/services/project.go
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ import (
 	helper "github.com/apache/incubator-devlake/helpers/pluginhelper/api"
 )
 
+type ProjectService interface {
+	RenameProject(db dal.Transaction, oldProjectName, newProjectName string) errors.Error
+}
+
+var projectService ProjectService
+
 // ProjectQuery used to query projects as the api project input
 type ProjectQuery struct {
 	Pagination
@@ -268,6 +274,11 @@ func PatchProject(name string, body map[string]interface{}) (*models.ApiOutputPr
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		if projectService != nil {
+			if err := projectService.RenameProject(tx, name, project.Name); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
 		// rename project
 		err = tx.UpdateColumn(
 			&models.Project{},