diff --git a/src/service/admin/mod.rs b/src/service/admin/mod.rs
index 5d1a1372..2dc3016c 100644
--- a/src/service/admin/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/admin/mod.rs
@@ -406,6 +406,10 @@ impl Service {
 
 	/// Checks whether a given user is an admin of this server
 	pub async fn user_is_admin(&self, user_id: &UserId) -> bool {
+		if self.services.globals.server_user == user_id {
+			return true
+		}
+
 		if self
 			.services
 			.server