diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
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--- /dev/null
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+/packages/server         @Budibase/backend
+/packages/worker         @Budibase/backend
+/packages/backend-core   @Budibase/backend
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/CODEOWNERS b/packages/backend-core/CODEOWNERS
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index 84313fb9cf..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-core/CODEOWNERS
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*    @Budibase/backend
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/server/CODEOWNERS b/packages/server/CODEOWNERS
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index 84313fb9cf..0000000000
--- a/packages/server/CODEOWNERS
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*    @Budibase/backend
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/worker/CODEOWNERS b/packages/worker/CODEOWNERS
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index 84313fb9cf..0000000000
--- a/packages/worker/CODEOWNERS
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-*    @Budibase/backend
\ No newline at end of file