diff --git a/segway/src/controller/slack.controller.ts b/segway/src/controller/slack.controller.ts
index cac3e747ad..e7a764295f 100644
--- a/segway/src/controller/slack.controller.ts
+++ b/segway/src/controller/slack.controller.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   CreateIssueModalViewProjects,
 } from "../utils/slack/create-issue-modal";
 import { ProjectService } from "../services/project.service";
-import { convertProjectToOptions } from "../utils/slack/convert-project-to-options";
+import { convertToSlackOptions } from "../utils/slack/convert-to-slack-options";
 import { processSlackPayload } from "../handlers/slack/core";
 import { TSlackPayload } from "types/slack";
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class SlackController {
 
     const projectList =
       await projectService.getProjectsForWorkspace(workspaceId);
-    const projectPlainTextOption = convertProjectToOptions(projectList);
+    const projectPlainTextOption = convertToSlackOptions(projectList);
 
     await slackService.openModal(
       req.body.trigger_id,
@@ -67,17 +67,12 @@ export class SlackController {
   @Post("events")
   async handleSlackEvents(req: Request, res: Response) {
     const payload = JSON.parse(req.body.payload) as TSlackPayload;
-    const success = processSlackPayload(payload);
+    const success = await processSlackPayload(payload);
 
     if (!success) {
+      console.log("error");
       res.sendStatus(500);
     }
-
-    // const selectedProjectId = payload.actions[0].selected_option.value;
-    // const states = await projectService.getProjectStates(selectedProjectId);
-    // const members = await projectService.getProjectMembers(selectedProjectId);
-    // const labels = await projectService.getProjectLabels(selectedProjectId);
-
     res.sendStatus(200);
   }
 }
diff --git a/segway/src/db/singleton.ts b/segway/src/db/singleton.ts
index 3296f8d7c8..8ff7175ad6 100644
--- a/segway/src/db/singleton.ts
+++ b/segway/src/db/singleton.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { drizzle, PostgresJsDatabase } from "drizzle-orm/postgres-js";
 import postgres from "postgres";
-import * as schema from "./slack.schema";
+import * as schema from "./schema";
 // logger
 import { logger } from "../utils/logger";
 
diff --git a/segway/src/handlers/slack/block-action-handler.ts b/segway/src/handlers/slack/block-action-handler.ts
index db3e15dc40..8b93380403 100644
--- a/segway/src/handlers/slack/block-action-handler.ts
+++ b/segway/src/handlers/slack/block-action-handler.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
-import { TBlockActionPayload } from "types/slack";
+import { TBlockActionModalPayload, TBlockActionPayload } from "types/slack";
+import { handleProjectSelectAction } from "./blockActions/handle-project-select-action";
 
 export const handleBlockAction = async (
   payload: TBlockActionPayload,
-): Promise<boolean> => {};
+): Promise<boolean> => {
+  switch (payload.actions[0].action_id) {
+    case "project-select-action":
+      // When a user selects a project from the dropdown in create issue, this is the action that is triggered.
+      return await handleProjectSelectAction(
+        payload as TBlockActionModalPayload,
+      );
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/segway/src/handlers/slack/core.ts b/segway/src/handlers/slack/core.ts
index db3d0a03b5..e8729504ac 100644
--- a/segway/src/handlers/slack/core.ts
+++ b/segway/src/handlers/slack/core.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import { TSlackPayload } from "types/slack";
 import { handleBlockAction } from "./block-action-handler";
 import { handleViewClosed } from "./view-close-handler";
 import { handleViewSubmission } from "./view-submission-handler";
 
-export const processSlackPayload = async (payload: any): Promise<boolean> => {
+export const processSlackPayload = async (
+  payload: TSlackPayload,
+): Promise<boolean> => {
   switch (payload.type) {
     case "block_actions":
       return await handleBlockAction(payload);