diff --git a/bugsink/settings.py b/bugsink/settings.py
index bd42f9e..e73e60e 100644
--- a/bugsink/settings.py
+++ b/bugsink/settings.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
     'tailwind',
     'theme',
+    'admin_auto_filters',
 
     'compat',
     'projects',
diff --git a/events/admin.py b/events/admin.py
index 76be547..d6fd310 100644
--- a/events/admin.py
+++ b/events/admin.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 
 import json
 
+from projects.admin import ProjectFilter
 from .models import Event
 
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class EventAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     ]
 
     list_filter = [
-        'project',
+        ProjectFilter,
         'platform',
         'level',
         'sdk_name',
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ class EventAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     exclude = ["data"]
 
     readonly_fields = [
+        'ingested_event',
+        'issue',
+        'project',
         'pretty_data',
     ]
 
diff --git a/ingest/admin.py b/ingest/admin.py
index 3ecc069..ae0b4da 100644
--- a/ingest/admin.py
+++ b/ingest/admin.py
@@ -3,15 +3,25 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 
 import json
 
+from projects.admin import ProjectFilter
 from .models import DecompressedEvent
 
 
 @admin.register(DecompressedEvent)
 class DecompressedEventAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ["timestamp", "project"]
+    list_filter = [
+        ProjectFilter,
+    ]
+
+    list_display = [
+        "timestamp",
+        "project",
+    ]
+
     exclude = ["data"]
 
     readonly_fields = [
+        'project',
         'pretty_data',
     ]
 
diff --git a/issues/admin.py b/issues/admin.py
index e0db9d3..10a855f 100644
--- a/issues/admin.py
+++ b/issues/admin.py
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ from .models import Issue
 
 @admin.register(Issue)
 class IssueAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    fields = [
+        'project',
+        'hash',
+        'last_seen',
+        'first_seen',
+        'is_resolved',
+        'fixed_at',
+        'events_at',
+        'is_muted',
+        'unmute_on_volume_based_conditions',
+        'unmute_after',
+        'event_count',
+    ]
+
     list_display = [
         "title",
         "hash",
@@ -18,6 +32,7 @@ class IssueAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     exclude = ["events"]
 
     readonly_fields = [
+        'project',
         'event_count',
     ]
 
diff --git a/projects/admin.py b/projects/admin.py
index c47eef9..2c75b32 100644
--- a/projects/admin.py
+++ b/projects/admin.py
@@ -1,22 +1,67 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
+from admin_auto_filters.filters import AutocompleteFilter
 
 from .models import Project, ProjectMembership
 
 
+class ProjectFilter(AutocompleteFilter):
+    title = 'Project'
+    field_name = 'project'
+
+
+class UserFilter(AutocompleteFilter):
+    title = 'User'
+    field_name = 'user'
+
+
+class ProjectMembershipInline(admin.TabularInline):
+    model = ProjectMembership
+    autocomplete_fields = [
+        'user',
+    ]
+    extra = 0
+
+
 @admin.register(Project)
 class ProjectAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    search_fields = [
+        'name',
+    ]
+
     list_display = [
         'name',
         'dsn',
+        'alert_on_new_issue',
+        'alert_on_regression',
+        'alert_on_unmute',
     ]
+
     readonly_fields = [
         'dsn',
     ]
 
+    inlines = [
+        ProjectMembershipInline,
+    ]
 
+
+# the preferred way to deal with ProjectMembership is actually through the inline above; however, because this may prove
+# to not scale well with (very? more than 50?) memberships per project, we've left the separate admin interface here for
+# future reference.
 @admin.register(ProjectMembership)
 class ProjectMembershipAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_filter = [
+        ProjectFilter,
+        UserFilter,
+    ]
+
     list_display = [
         'project',
         'user',
+        'send_email_alerts',
+    ]
+
+    autocomplete_fields = [
+        'project',
+        'user',
     ]
diff --git a/releases/admin.py b/releases/admin.py
index 922963e..6f545dc 100644
--- a/releases/admin.py
+++ b/releases/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 
+from projects.admin import ProjectFilter
 from .models import Release
 
 
@@ -14,5 +15,11 @@ class ReleaseAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     ]
 
     list_filter = [
-        'project',
+        ProjectFilter,
+    ]
+
+    readonly_fields = [
+        'project',
+        'is_semver',
+        'sort_epoch',
     ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a92fc1c..6fe5dd5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ django-tailwind==3.6.*
 jsonschema==4.19.*
 semver==3.0.*
 Celery[librabbitmq]
+django-admin-autocomplete-filter==0.7.*
diff --git a/theme/static/css/dist/styles.css b/theme/static/css/dist/styles.css
index ce601c2..c0a8a1f 100644
--- a/theme/static/css/dist/styles.css
+++ b/theme/static/css/dist/styles.css
@@ -1294,10 +1294,6 @@ select {
   font-style: italic;
 }
 
-.not-italic {
-  font-style: normal;
-}
-
 .leading-normal {
   line-height: 1.5;
 }