diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index dd84ea7824f11be1eeda22377549cbc1aec7f980..2b9f1ccf13752bbf4f26b52192fabb199c05480c 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 name: Bug report
 about: Create a report to help us improve
 title: ''
-labels: ''
-assignees: ''
+labels: 'bug'
+assignees: '@pmarsceill'
 
 ---