diff --git a/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/MovieRequestEngine.cs b/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/MovieRequestEngine.cs
index 109460ff9..62d09b16d 100644
--- a/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/MovieRequestEngine.cs
+++ b/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/MovieRequestEngine.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ namespace Ombi.Core.Engine
             var userDetails = await GetUser();
             var canRequestOnBehalf = model.RequestOnBehalf.HasValue();
 
-            var isAdmin = await UserManager.IsInRoleAsync(userDetails, OmbiRoles.PowerUser)
+            var isAdmin = Username.Equals("API", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)
+                || await UserManager.IsInRoleAsync(userDetails, OmbiRoles.PowerUser)
                 || await UserManager.IsInRoleAsync(userDetails, OmbiRoles.Admin);
             if (canRequestOnBehalf && !isAdmin)
             {
diff --git a/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/TvRequestEngine.cs b/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/TvRequestEngine.cs
index 8ccc6d17e..5ebce9586 100644
--- a/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/TvRequestEngine.cs
+++ b/src/Ombi.Core/Engine/TvRequestEngine.cs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ namespace Ombi.Core.Engine
             var user = await GetUser();
             var canRequestOnBehalf = tv.RequestOnBehalf.HasValue();
 
-            var isAdmin = await UserManager.IsInRoleAsync(user, OmbiRoles.PowerUser) || await UserManager.IsInRoleAsync(user, OmbiRoles.Admin);
+            var isAdmin = Username.Equals("API", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) || await UserManager.IsInRoleAsync(user, OmbiRoles.PowerUser) || await UserManager.IsInRoleAsync(user, OmbiRoles.Admin);
             if (tv.RequestOnBehalf.HasValue() && !isAdmin)
             {
                 return new RequestEngineResult