diff --git a/src/api/fields.ts b/src/api/fields.ts
index 18e20a566..8fe7dd558 100644
--- a/src/api/fields.ts
+++ b/src/api/fields.ts
@@ -38,3 +38,10 @@ export const OBSERVATION_FIELD_VALUE_FIELDS = {
   uuid: true,
   value: true,
 };
+
+export const PROJECT_OBSERVATION_FIELDS = {
+  id: true,
+  project: PROJECT_FIELDS,
+  project_id: true,
+  uuid: true,
+};
diff --git a/src/realmModels/Observation.js b/src/realmModels/Observation.js
index 59f0637c2..e8f6c0f05 100644
--- a/src/realmModels/Observation.js
+++ b/src/realmModels/Observation.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Realm } from "@realm/react";
-import { PROJECT_FIELDS } from "api/fields";
+import { PROJECT_FIELDS, PROJECT_OBSERVATION_FIELDS } from "api/fields";
 import { Alert } from "react-native";
 import { getNowISO } from "sharedHelpers/dateAndTime";
 import { log } from "sharedHelpers/logger";
@@ -63,12 +63,7 @@ class Observation extends Realm.Object {
     private_location: true,
     private_place_guess: true,
     project_ids: true,
-    project_observations: {
-      id: true,
-      project: PROJECT_FIELDS,
-      project_id: true,
-      uuid: true,
-    },
+    project_observations: PROJECT_OBSERVATION_FIELDS,
     non_traditional_projects: {
       project: PROJECT_FIELDS,
     },