diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/user.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/user.ts
index 8af7619634..1ae1a68824 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/user.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/user.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import {
   roles as rolesCore,
   db as dbCore,
 } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { BBContext, Ctx, isUser, User } from "@budibase/types"
+import { BBContext, Ctx, SyncUserRequest, User } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../../sdk"
 
-export async function syncUser(ctx: Ctx) {
+export async function syncUser(ctx: Ctx<SyncUserRequest>) {
   let deleting = false,
     user: User | any
   const userId = ctx.params.id
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ export async function syncUser(ctx: Ctx) {
     }
   }
 
-  let previousApps =
-    previousUser && isUser(previousUser)
-      ? Object.keys(previousUser.roles).map(appId => appId)
-      : []
+  let previousApps = previousUser
+    ? Object.keys(previousUser.roles).map(appId => appId)
+    : []
 
   const roles = deleting ? {} : user.roles
   // remove props which aren't useful to metadata
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/user.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/user.ts
index 0ebe4ccce8..6acaf6912d 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/user.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/user.ts
@@ -57,3 +57,7 @@ export interface CreateAdminUserRequest {
   password: string
   tenantId: string
 }
+
+export interface SyncUserRequest {
+  previousUser?: User
+}
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/utilities/appService.ts b/packages/worker/src/utilities/appService.ts
index 7c725d0a85..a2b68eb80b 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/utilities/appService.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/utilities/appService.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import fetch from "node-fetch"
 import { constants, tenancy } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { checkSlashesInUrl } from "../utilities"
 import env from "../environment"
-import { User } from "@budibase/types"
+import { SyncUserRequest, User } from "@budibase/types"
 
 async function makeAppRequest(url: string, method: string, body: any) {
   if (env.isTest()) {
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@ async function makeAppRequest(url: string, method: string, body: any) {
 }
 
 export async function syncUserInApps(userId: string, previousUser?: User) {
+  const body: SyncUserRequest = {
+    previousUser,
+  }
+
   const response = await makeAppRequest(
     `/api/users/metadata/sync/${userId}`,
     "POST",
-    { previousUser }
+    body
   )
   if (response && response.status !== 200) {
     throw "Unable to sync user."