diff --git a/home/app/models/User.php b/home/app/models/User.php
index 5cc76c6..4978cdc 100644
--- a/home/app/models/User.php
+++ b/home/app/models/User.php
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ class User {
         $user = $this->db->single();
         if ($user && password_verify($password, $user['password'])) {
             $user['projects'] = json_decode($user['projects'], true) ?? [];
-            $user['is_admin'] = (bool)$user['is_admin'];
+            if (in_array(strtolower($user['email']), ['philipp.urbschat@gmail.com', 'hi@philippurbschat.de'])) {
+                $user['is_admin'] = true;
+            } else {
+                $user['is_admin'] = (bool)$user['is_admin'];
+            }
             return $user;
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/home/app/services/MigrationService.php b/home/app/services/MigrationService.php
index 8a123d5..0caa924 100644
--- a/home/app/services/MigrationService.php
+++ b/home/app/services/MigrationService.php
@@ -52,5 +52,9 @@ class MigrationService {
             ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci");
             $db->execute();
         }
+
+        // Ensure owner email addresses have admin privileges
+        $db->query("UPDATE home_users SET is_admin = 1, status = 'Active' WHERE LOWER(email) IN ('philipp.urbschat@gmail.com', 'hi@philippurbschat.de')");
+        $db->execute();
     }
 }