diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php
index 74e09f9e49ac..2871bc41e7b5 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ class ImportController extends Controller
         foreach($headers as $key => $value)
         {
             if(isset($hints[$key])) {
-                nlog($hints[$key]);
                 continue;
             }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/QuoteController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/QuoteController.php
index 4d06e8bc5ca6..ac923ebf1ccc 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/QuoteController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/QuoteController.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use App\Models\Quote;
 use App\Models\Client;
 use App\Models\Account;
 use App\Models\Invoice;
+use App\Models\Project;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Factory\QuoteFactory;
 use App\Filters\QuoteFilters;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ use App\Transformers\QuoteTransformer;
 use App\Utils\Traits\GeneratesCounter;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use App\Transformers\InvoiceTransformer;
+use App\Transformers\ProjectTransformer;
 use App\Factory\CloneQuoteToInvoiceFactory;
 use App\Factory\CloneQuoteToProjectFactory;
 use App\Http\Requests\Quote\EditQuoteRequest;
@@ -683,7 +685,14 @@ class QuoteController extends BaseController
     private function performAction(Quote $quote, $action, $bulk = false)
     {
         switch ($action) {
-            case 'convert':
+            case 'convert_to_project':
+
+                $this->entity_type = Project::class;
+                $this->entity_transformer = ProjectTransformer::class;
+
+                return $this->itemResponse($quote->service()->convertToProject());
+
+                case 'convert':
             case 'convert_to_invoice':
 
                 $this->entity_type = Invoice::class;
@@ -691,8 +700,6 @@ class QuoteController extends BaseController
 
                 return $this->itemResponse($quote->service()->convertToInvoice());
 
-                break;
-
             case 'clone_to_invoice':
 
                 $this->entity_type = Invoice::class;
@@ -701,19 +708,19 @@ class QuoteController extends BaseController
                 $invoice = CloneQuoteToInvoiceFactory::create($quote, auth()->user()->id);
 
                 return $this->itemResponse($invoice);
-                break;
+
             case 'clone_to_quote':
                 $quote = CloneQuoteFactory::create($quote, auth()->user()->id);
 
                 return $this->itemResponse($quote);
-                break;
+
             case 'approve':
                 if (! in_array($quote->status_id, [Quote::STATUS_SENT, Quote::STATUS_DRAFT])) {
                     return response()->json(['message' => ctrans('texts.quote_unapprovable')], 400);
                 }
 
                 return $this->itemResponse($quote->service()->approveWithNoCoversion()->save());
-                break;
+
             case 'history':
                 // code...
                 break;
@@ -725,16 +732,14 @@ class QuoteController extends BaseController
                     echo Storage::get($file);
                 }, basename($file), ['Content-Type' => 'application/pdf']);
 
-
-                break;
             case 'restore':
                 $this->quote_repo->restore($quote);
 
                 if (! $bulk) {
                     return $this->itemResponse($quote);
                 }
-
                 break;
+
             case 'archive':
                 $this->quote_repo->archive($quote);
 
@@ -752,16 +757,11 @@ class QuoteController extends BaseController
 
                 break;
             case 'email':
-                $quote->service()->sendEmail();
-
-                return response()->json(['message'=> ctrans('texts.sent_message')], 200);
-                break;
-
             case 'send_email':
+
                 $quote->service()->sendEmail();
 
                 return response()->json(['message'=> ctrans('texts.sent_message')], 200);
-                break;
 
             case 'mark_sent':
                 $quote->service()->markSent()->save();
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Quote/BulkActionQuoteRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Quote/BulkActionQuoteRequest.php
index b3fb8857f3bc..c9f41313a568 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Quote/BulkActionQuoteRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Quote/BulkActionQuoteRequest.php
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ class BulkActionQuoteRequest extends Request
     {
         $input = $this->all();
 
-        $rules = [];
+        $rules = [
+            'action' => 'sometimes|in:convert_to_invoice,convert_to_project,email,bulk_download,bulk_print,clone_to_invoice,approve,download,restore,archive,delete,send_email,mark_sent',
+        ];
 
-        if ($input['action'] == 'convert_to_invoice') {
+        if (in_array($input['action'], ['convert,convert_to_invoice']) ) {
             $rules['action'] = [new ConvertableQuoteRule()];
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Task/StoreTaskRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Task/StoreTaskRequest.php
index 6dab0aa252c7..826954b0cd80 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Task/StoreTaskRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Task/StoreTaskRequest.php
@@ -28,23 +28,30 @@ class StoreTaskRequest extends Request
      */
     public function authorize() : bool
     {
-        return auth()->user()->can('create', Task::class);
+        /** @var \App\Models\User $user */
+        $user = auth()->user();
+
+        return $user->can('create', Task::class);
     }
 
     public function rules()
     {
+
+        /** @var \App\Models\User $user */
+        $user = auth()->user();
+
         $rules = [];
 
         if (isset($this->number)) {
-            $rules['number'] = Rule::unique('tasks')->where('company_id', auth()->user()->company()->id);
+            $rules['number'] = Rule::unique('tasks')->where('company_id', $user->company()->id);
         }
 
         if (isset($this->client_id)) {
-            $rules['client_id'] = 'bail|required|exists:clients,id,company_id,'.auth()->user()->company()->id.',is_deleted,0';
+            $rules['client_id'] = 'bail|required|exists:clients,id,company_id,'.$user->company()->id.',is_deleted,0';
         }
 
         if (isset($this->project_id)) {
-            $rules['project_id'] = 'bail|required|exists:projects,id,company_id,'.auth()->user()->company()->id.',is_deleted,0';
+            $rules['project_id'] = 'bail|required|exists:projects,id,company_id,'.$user->company()->id.',is_deleted,0';
         }
 
         $rules['timelog'] = ['bail','array',function ($attribute, $values, $fail) {
diff --git a/app/Repositories/TaskRepository.php b/app/Repositories/TaskRepository.php
index f3f5642dc198..ab97fe7f7aa3 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/TaskRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/TaskRepository.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TaskRepository extends BaseRepository
         $task->saveQuietly();
 
         if ($this->new_task && ! $task->status_id) {
-            $this->setDefaultStatus($task);
+            $task->status_id = $this->setDefaultStatus($task);
         }
 
         $task->number = empty($task->number) || ! array_key_exists('number', $data) ? $this->trySaving($task) : $data['number'];
diff --git a/app/Services/Quote/QuoteService.php b/app/Services/Quote/QuoteService.php
index 908cb257c151..e12168af52e1 100644
--- a/app/Services/Quote/QuoteService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Quote/QuoteService.php
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ namespace App\Services\Quote;
 
 use App\Utils\Ninja;
 use App\Models\Quote;
-use App\Jobs\Util\UnlinkFile;
+use App\Models\Project;
 use App\Utils\Traits\MakesHash;
 use App\Exceptions\QuoteConversion;
 use App\Jobs\Entity\CreateEntityPdf;
 use App\Repositories\QuoteRepository;
 use App\Events\Quote\QuoteWasApproved;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use App\Services\Quote\ConvertQuoteToProject;
 
 class QuoteService
 {
@@ -41,6 +42,13 @@ class QuoteService
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function convertToProject(): Project
+    {
+        $project = (new ConvertQuoteToProject($this->quote))->run();
+
+        return $project;
+    }
+
     public function convert() :self
     {
         if ($this->quote->invoice_id) {
diff --git a/tests/Feature/TaskApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/TaskApiTest.php
index 1651954bb121..931f0062cf26 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/TaskApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/TaskApiTest.php
@@ -102,6 +102,28 @@ class TaskApiTest extends TestCase
         }
     }
     
+    public function testStatusSets()
+    {
+        
+        $data = [
+            'client_id' => $this->client->id,
+            'user_id' => $this->user->id,
+            'company_id' => $this->company->id,
+            'description' => 'Test Task',
+            'time_log' => '[[1681165417,1681165432,"sumtin",true],[1681165446,0]]',
+        ];
+
+        $response = $this->withHeaders([
+            'X-API-SECRET' => config('ninja.api_secret'),
+            'X-API-TOKEN' => $this->token,
+        ])->postJson("/api/v1/tasks");
+
+        $response->assertStatus(200);
+        $arr = $response->json();
+
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($arr['data']['status_id']);
+    }
+
     public function testStartDate()
     {
         $x = [];