diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/openlattice/mechanic/upgrades/V3StudyMigrationUpgrade.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/openlattice/mechanic/upgrades/V3StudyMigrationUpgrade.kt
index 63940cb8..06837e3c 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/openlattice/mechanic/upgrades/V3StudyMigrationUpgrade.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/openlattice/mechanic/upgrades/V3StudyMigrationUpgrade.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.openlattice.mechanic.upgrades
 import com.geekbeast.rhizome.configuration.RhizomeConfiguration
 import com.hazelcast.query.Predicates
 import com.openlattice.authorization.AclKey
+import com.openlattice.authorization.Principal
+import com.openlattice.authorization.PrincipalType
 import com.openlattice.authorization.Principals
 import com.openlattice.data.storage.MetadataOption
 import com.openlattice.data.storage.postgres.PostgresEntityDataQueryService
@@ -193,16 +195,13 @@ class V3StudyMigrationUpgrade(
 
     private fun processParticipantsOfStudy(conn: Connection, orgId: UUID, studyEkid: UUID, orgStudyEntitySetIds: Set<UUID>, orgMaybeParticipantEntitySetIds: Set<UUID>) {
 
-        val chronicleSuperUserPrincipals = Principals.getUserPrincipals("")
-        logger.info("Using chronicle super user principals $chronicleSuperUserPrincipals to execute neighbour search")
-
         val filter = EntityNeighborsFilter(setOf(studyEkid), Optional.of(orgMaybeParticipantEntitySetIds), Optional.of(orgStudyEntitySetIds), Optional.empty())
 
         // get all participants for the study
         val searchResult = searchService.executeEntityNeighborSearch(
             orgStudyEntitySetIds,
             PagedNeighborRequest(filter),
-            chronicleSuperUserPrincipals
+            setOf(Principal(PrincipalType.USER, ""))
         ).neighbors.getOrDefault(studyEkid, listOf())
 
         if (searchResult.isNotEmpty()) {