diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
index 870744ffea..590c3eeef8 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/db/utils.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export function generateUserMetadataID(globalId: string) {
 /**
  * Breaks up the ID to get the global ID.
  */
-export function getGlobalIDFromUserMetadataID(id?: string) {
+export function getGlobalIDFromUserMetadataID(id: string) {
   const prefix = `${DocumentType.ROW}${SEPARATOR}${InternalTable.USER_METADATA}${SEPARATOR}`
   if (!id || !id.includes(prefix)) {
     return id
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/users.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/users.ts
index 4140d3c978..88dc82ffd2 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/users.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/users.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { BBContext, User } from "@budibase/types"
 
 function isLoggedInUser(ctx: BBContext, user: User) {
   const loggedInId = ctx.user?._id
-  const globalUserId = dbCore.getGlobalIDFromUserMetadataID(loggedInId)
+  const globalUserId = dbCore.getGlobalIDFromUserMetadataID(loggedInId!)
   // check both just incase
   return globalUserId === user._id || loggedInId === user._id
 }