diff --git a/graph/resolvers/user.js b/graph/resolvers/user.js
index 8a6ca69e3..6aba327ad 100644
--- a/graph/resolvers/user.js
+++ b/graph/resolvers/user.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const User = {
 
     // If the user is not an admin, only return comment list for the owner of
     // the comments.
-    if (user && (user.can('SEARCH_OTHERS_COMMENTS') || user.id === id)) {
+    if (user && (user.can('SEARCH_OTHERS_COMMENTZ') || user.id === id)) {
       return Comments.getByQuery({author_id: id, sort: 'REVERSE_CHRONOLOGICAL'});
     }
 
diff --git a/models/user.js b/models/user.js
index 1a7b0fa7b..3d12d49e9 100644
--- a/models/user.js
+++ b/models/user.js
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ UserSchema.method('verifyPassword', function(password) {
  * operation.
  */
 UserSchema.method('can', function(...actions) {
-  return can(this, null, ...actions);
+  return can(this, ...actions);
 });
 
 // Create the User model.
diff --git a/perms/mutationReducer.js b/perms/mutationReducer.js
index 5f763805d..0078c327b 100644
--- a/perms/mutationReducer.js
+++ b/perms/mutationReducer.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = {
   REMOVE_COMMENT_TAG: 'REMOVE_COMMENT_TAG',
   UPDATE_USER_ROLES: 'UPDATE_USER_ROLES',
   UPDATE_CONFIG: 'UPDATE_CONFIG',
-  checkRoles: function (user, perm, context) {
+  checkRoles: function (user, perm) {
     switch (perm) {
     case this.CREATE_COMMENT:
       return true;
diff --git a/perms/queryReducer.js b/perms/queryReducer.js
index bea059639..92f1566d5 100644
--- a/perms/queryReducer.js
+++ b/perms/queryReducer.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module.exports = {
   SEARCH_NON_NULL_OR_ACCEPTED_COMMENTS: 'SEARCH_NON_NULL_OR_ACCEPTED_COMMENTS',
   SEARCH_OTHERS_COMMENTS: 'SEARCH_OTHERS_COMMENTS',
   SEARCH_COMMENT_METRICS: 'SEARCH_COMMENT_METRICS',
-  checkRoles: function (user, perm, context) {
+  checkRoles: function (user, perm) {
     switch (perm) {
     case this.SEARCH_ASSETS:
       return check(user, ['ADMIN', 'MODERATOR']);
diff --git a/perms/rootReducer.js b/perms/rootReducer.js
index 344c33ada..7abf92753 100644
--- a/perms/rootReducer.js
+++ b/perms/rootReducer.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 module.exports = {
-  checkRoles: function (user, perm, context) {
+  DUMMY_ROLE: 'DUMMY_ROLE',
+  checkRoles: function (user, perm) {
 
     // this runs before everything
     if (user.status === 'BANNED') {
       return false;
     }
+
+    switch (perm) {
+    default:
+      break;
+    }
   }
 };