diff --git a/groups b/groups
index 6a9503e..2e153b6 100644
--- a/groups
+++ b/groups
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 41c631c7f60e5228269d3c2e3fe5447cd267523b	ICLAed
 59ea8dc6cb025e5e0ab33b5ec76d410d5c3917fc	Administrators
 72b5bab373a241789f4f0e9e86e4a225a23a935b	AsterixDB Devs
+a58e9b017b95dbc285e2b35d850e2782c3d905df	Non-Interactive Users
 a753c96f2a717c01be2e66c6eccb66fd419b90a1	AsterixDB Contributors
 d7e31985f7d710d31843f29a3c06480be832a7ab	Non-Interactive Users
 f902cb1e7a967545ab9a53ca12162c8737ecee5b	Event Streaming Users
diff --git a/project.config b/project.config
index 87e1696..923441a 100644
--- a/project.config
+++ b/project.config
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 [access "refs/for/refs/*"]
 	push = group AsterixDB Contributors
 	push = group AsterixDB Devs
+	push = group Non-Interactive Users
 	pushMerge = group AsterixDB Contributors
 	pushMerge = group AsterixDB Devs
 [access "refs/heads/*"]
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
 	value =  0 No score
 	value = +1 Looks good to me, but someone else must approve
 	value = +2 Looks good to me, approved
+	defaultValue = 0
 [notify "apache"]
 	email = notifications@asterixdb.incubator.apache.org
 [contributor-agreement "ASF Individual CLA"]