diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/common/lightboxes.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/common/lightboxes.coffee
index be3b5f29..e397a4e8 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/common/lightboxes.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/common/lightboxes.coffee
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ tgResources, $tgResources, $epicsService, tgAnalytics) ->
 
         loadProjects = ->
             if $scope.projects == null
-                $scope.projects = $tgCurrentUserService.projects.get("all")
+                $scope.projects = $tgCurrentUserService.projects.get("unblocked")
 
         filterEpics = (selectedProjectId, filterText) ->
             tgResources.epics.listInAllProjects(
diff --git a/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-create/related-userstories-create.controller.coffee b/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-create/related-userstories-create.controller.coffee
index 357271fb..6252f5cd 100644
--- a/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-create/related-userstories-create.controller.coffee
+++ b/app/modules/epics/related-userstories/related-userstories-create/related-userstories-create.controller.coffee
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class RelatedUserstoriesCreateController
 
     loadProjects: () ->
         if @.projects == null
-            @.projects = @currentUserService.projects.get("all")
+            @.projects = @currentUserService.projects.get("unblocked")
 
     filterUss: (selectedProjectId, filterText) ->
         promise = @rs.userstories.listInAllProjects({project: selectedProjectId, q: filterText}, true).then (data) =>
diff --git a/app/modules/services/current-user.service.coffee b/app/modules/services/current-user.service.coffee
index 5c402c72..1f11ce5f 100644
--- a/app/modules/services/current-user.service.coffee
+++ b/app/modules/services/current-user.service.coffee
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ class CurrentUserService
     setProjects: (projects) ->
         @._projects = @._projects.set("all", projects)
         @._projects = @._projects.set("recents", projects.slice(0, 10))
+        @._projects = @._projects.set("unblocked",
+                                      projects.filter((project) -> project.toJS().blocked_code == null))
 
         @._projectsById = Immutable.fromJS(groupBy(projects.toJS(), (p) -> p.id))