diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/blank-issue-template.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/blank-issue-template.md
index 6362dd54bb..457a3f89d7 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/blank-issue-template.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/blank-issue-template.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Blank Issue Template
 about: 'Standard HackforLA issue template '
 title: ''
-labels: ''
+labels: ['role missing', 'Feature Missing', 'Complexity: Missing', 'size: missing']
 assignees: ''
 
 ---