diff --git a/.annotaterb.yml b/.annotaterb.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..112e4f381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.annotaterb.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+---
+:position: before
+:position_in_additional_file_patterns: before
+:position_in_class: before
+:position_in_factory: before
+:position_in_fixture: before
+:position_in_routes: before
+:position_in_serializer: before
+:position_in_test: before
+:classified_sort: true
+:exclude_controllers: true
+:exclude_factories: true
+:exclude_fixtures: true
+:exclude_helpers: true
+:exclude_scaffolds: true
+:exclude_serializers: true
+:exclude_sti_subclasses: false
+:exclude_tests: true
+:force: false
+:format_markdown: false
+:format_rdoc: false
+:format_yard: false
+:frozen: false
+:grouped_polymorphic: false
+:ignore_model_sub_dir: false
+:ignore_unknown_models: false
+:include_version: false
+:show_check_constraints: false
+:show_complete_foreign_keys: false
+:show_foreign_keys: true
+:show_indexes: true
+:show_indexes_include: false
+:simple_indexes: false
+:sort: false
+:timestamp: false
+:trace: false
+:with_comment: true
+:with_column_comments: true
+:with_table_comments: true
+:position_of_column_comment: :with_name
+:active_admin: false
+:command:
+:debug: false
+:hide_default_column_types: ''
+:hide_limit_column_types: ''
+:timestamp_columns:
+- created_at
+- updated_at
+:ignore_columns:
+:ignore_routes:
+:models: true
+:routes: false
+:skip_on_db_migrate: false
+:target_action: :do_annotations
+:wrapper:
+:wrapper_close:
+:wrapper_open:
+:classes_default_to_s: []
+:additional_file_patterns: []
+:model_dir:
+- app/models
+- enterprise/app/models
+:require: []
+:root_dir:
+- ''
diff --git a/app/models/installation_config.rb b/app/models/installation_config.rb
index a7400460c..19252de50 100644
--- a/app/models/installation_config.rb
+++ b/app/models/installation_config.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class InstallationConfig < ApplicationRecord
   # https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2022-32224-possible-rce-escalation-bug-with-serialized-columns-in-active-record/81017
   # FIX ME : fixes breakage of installation config. we need to migrate.
   # Fix configuration in application.rb
-  serialize :serialized_value, coder: YAML, type: ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess
+  serialize :serialized_value, coder: YAML, type: ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess, default: {}.with_indifferent_access
 
   before_validation :set_lock
   validates :name, presence: true
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ class InstallationConfig < ApplicationRecord
   after_commit :clear_cache
 
   def value
-    # This is an extra hack again cause of the YAML serialization, in case of new object initialization in super admin
-    # It was throwing error as the default value of column '{}' was failing in deserialization.
-    return {}.with_indifferent_access if new_record? && @attributes['serialized_value']&.value_before_type_cast == '{}'
-
     serialized_value[:value]
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/annotate_rb.rake b/lib/tasks/annotate_rb.rake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ad0ec39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/annotate_rb.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This rake task was added by annotate_rb gem.
+
+# Can set `ANNOTATERB_SKIP_ON_DB_TASKS` to be anything to skip this
+if Rails.env.development? && ENV["ANNOTATERB_SKIP_ON_DB_TASKS"].nil?
+  require "annotate_rb"
+
+  AnnotateRb::Core.load_rake_tasks
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/auto_annotate_models.rake b/lib/tasks/auto_annotate_models.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dcd13126..000000000
--- a/lib/tasks/auto_annotate_models.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# NOTE: only doing this in development as some production environments (Heroku)
-# NOTE: are sensitive to local FS writes, and besides -- it's just not proper
-# NOTE: to have a dev-mode tool do its thing in production.
-if Rails.env.development?
-  require 'annotate_rb'
-
-  AnnotateRb::Core.load_rake_tasks
-
-  task :set_annotation_options do
-    # You can override any of these by setting an environment variable of the
-    # same name.
-    AnnotateRb::Options.set_defaults(
-      'additional_file_patterns' => [],
-      'routes' => 'false',
-      'models' => 'true',
-      'position_in_routes' => 'before',
-      'position_in_class' => 'before',
-      'position_in_test' => 'before',
-      'position_in_fixture' => 'before',
-      'position_in_factory' => 'before',
-      'position_in_serializer' => 'before',
-      'show_foreign_keys' => 'true',
-      'show_complete_foreign_keys' => 'false',
-      'show_indexes' => 'true',
-      'simple_indexes' => 'false',
-      'model_dir' => [
-        'app/models',
-        'enterprise/app/models',
-      ],
-      'root_dir' => '',
-      'include_version' => 'false',
-      'require' => '',
-      'exclude_tests' => 'true',
-      'exclude_fixtures' => 'true',
-      'exclude_factories' => 'true',
-      'exclude_serializers' => 'true',
-      'exclude_scaffolds' => 'true',
-      'exclude_controllers' => 'true',
-      'exclude_helpers' => 'true',
-      'exclude_sti_subclasses' => 'false',
-      'ignore_model_sub_dir' => 'false',
-      'ignore_columns' => nil,
-      'ignore_routes' => nil,
-      'ignore_unknown_models' => 'false',
-      'hide_limit_column_types' => 'integer,bigint,boolean',
-      'hide_default_column_types' => 'json,jsonb,hstore',
-      'skip_on_db_migrate' => 'false',
-      'format_bare' => 'true',
-      'format_rdoc' => 'false',
-      'format_markdown' => 'false',
-      'sort' => 'false',
-      'force' => 'false',
-      'frozen' => 'false',
-      'classified_sort' => 'true',
-      'trace' => 'false',
-      'wrapper_open' => nil,
-      'wrapper_close' => nil,
-      'with_comment' => 'true'
-    )
-  end
-end