diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index ae7c273..bdf9f9b 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ class Project
     @content = attributes[:content]
   end
 
+  def self.highlighted_projects
+    @highlighted_projects ||= YAML.load_file(Rails.root.join("config/highlighted_projects.yml"))
+  end
+
+  def is_highlighted?
+    self.class.highlighted_projects.include?(github_slug)
+  end
+
   def name
     title.presence || project_name.titleize
   end
diff --git a/app/views/projects/index.html.erb b/app/views/projects/index.html.erb
index 591a818..a6db00f 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/index.html.erb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
   <div class="grid xl:grid-cols-3 gap-4 mt-4 md:grid-cols-2 grid-cols-1">
     <% @projects.each do |project| %>
-      <div class="bg-[#2E2A54] border-2 border-[#403A88] hover:border-[#544FFF] rounded-lg text-white hover:bg-[#3A3A6D] transition duration-100 transition-transform hover:scale-102 p-8 h-full flex flex-col">
+      <div class="bg-[#2E2A54] border-2 <%= project.is_highlighted? ? "border-yellow-800" : "border-[#403A88]" %> hover:border-[#544FFF] rounded-lg text-white hover:bg-[#3A3A6D] transition duration-100 transition-transform hover:scale-102 p-8 h-full flex flex-col">
         <% if project.has_journal? %>
           <%= link_to project_path(user: project.user, project_name: project.project_name), class: "block mb-2" do %>
             <h1 class="text-2xl font-bold"><%= project.name.truncate(25) %></h1>
diff --git a/config/highlighted_projects.yml b/config/highlighted_projects.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ce0e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/highlighted_projects.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- hackclub/awesome-project
\ No newline at end of file