diff --git a/src/controllers/teamController.js b/src/controllers/teamController.js
index c82b9e5ce..b204875a5 100644
--- a/src/controllers/teamController.js
+++ b/src/controllers/teamController.js
@@ -70,8 +70,18 @@ const teamcontroller = function (Team) {
         res.status(400).send('No valid records found');
         return;
       }
+
+      const canEditTeamCode = req.body.requestor.role === 'Owner'
+        || req.body.requestor.permissions?.frontPermissions.includes('editTeamCode');
+
+      if (!canEditTeamCode) {
+        res.status(403).send('You are not authorized to edit team code.');
+        return;
+      }
+
       record.teamName = req.body.teamName;
       record.isActive = req.body.isActive;
+      record.teamCode = req.body.teamCode;
       record.createdDatetime = Date.now();
       record.modifiedDatetime = Date.now();
 
@@ -115,7 +125,7 @@ const teamcontroller = function (Team) {
         users.forEach((element) => {
           const { userId, operation } = element;
           // if user's profile is stored in cache, clear it so when you visit their profile page it will be up to date
-          if(cache.hasCache(`user-${userId}`)) cache.removeCache(`user-${userId}`);
+          if (cache.hasCache(`user-${userId}`)) cache.removeCache(`user-${userId}`);
 
           if (operation === 'Assign') {
             assignlist.push(userId);
diff --git a/src/controllers/userProfileController.js b/src/controllers/userProfileController.js
index 6dc571b39..737b1bc6a 100644
--- a/src/controllers/userProfileController.js
+++ b/src/controllers/userProfileController.js
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ const userProfileController = function (UserProfile) {
       record.totalIntangibleHrs = req.body.totalIntangibleHrs;
       record.bioPosted = req.body.bioPosted || "default";
       record.isFirstTimelog = req.body.isFirstTimelog;
+      record.teamCode = req.body.teamCode;
 
       if(!canEditTeamCode && record.teamCode !== req.body.teamCode){
         res.status(403).send("You are not authorized to edit team code.");
diff --git a/src/models/team.js b/src/models/team.js
index 8d46db283..00fbaf8e3 100644
--- a/src/models/team.js
+++ b/src/models/team.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const { Schema } = mongoose;
 const team = new Schema({
   teamName: { type: 'String', required: true },
   isActive: { type: 'Boolean', required: true, default: true },
-  createdDatetime: { type: Date },
+  createdDatetime: { type: Date, default: Date.now() },
   modifiedDatetime: { type: Date, default: Date.now() },
   members: [
     {
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ const team = new Schema({
       addDateTime: { type: Date, default: Date.now(), ref: 'userProfile' },
     },
   ],
+  teamCode: {
+    type: 'String',
+    default: '',
+    validate: {
+      validator(v) {
+        const teamCoderegex = /^([a-zA-Z]-[a-zA-Z]{3}|[a-zA-Z]{5})$/;
+        return teamCoderegex.test(v);
+      },
+      message:
+        'Please enter a code in the format of A-AAA or AAAAA',
+    },
+  },
 });
 
 module.exports = mongoose.model('team', team, 'teams');
diff --git a/src/models/userProfile.js b/src/models/userProfile.js
index a58d1d293..4739a05e7 100644
--- a/src/models/userProfile.js
+++ b/src/models/userProfile.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');
 
 const SALT_ROUNDS = 10;
 const nextDay = new Date();
-nextDay.setDate(nextDay.getDate()+1);
+nextDay.setDate(nextDay.getDate() + 1);
 
 const userProfileSchema = new Schema({
   password: {
@@ -153,8 +153,19 @@ const userProfileSchema = new Schema({
   isVisible: { type: Boolean, default: false },
   weeklySummaryOption: { type: String },
   bioPosted: { type: String, default: 'default' },
-  isFirstTimelog: { type: Boolean, default: true},
-  teamCode: { type: String, default: '' },
+  isFirstTimelog: { type: Boolean, default: true },
+  teamCode: {
+    type: String,
+    default: '',
+    validate: {
+      validator(v) {
+        const teamCoderegex = /^([a-zA-Z]-[a-zA-Z]{3}|[a-zA-Z]{5})$/;
+        return teamCoderegex.test(v);
+      },
+      message:
+        'Please enter a code in the format of A-AAA or AAAAA',
+    },
+  },
   infoCollections: [
     {
  areaName: { type: String },