diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/search_controller.rb
index 35979f70f..9d6d8fa66 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/search_controller.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::SearchController < Api::V1::Accounts::BaseController
     SearchService.new(
       current_user: Current.user,
       current_account: Current.account,
+      current_account_user: Current.account_user,
       search_type: search_type,
       params: params
     ).perform
diff --git a/app/services/search_service.rb b/app/services/search_service.rb
index 5999c88a6..a2cd444bc 100644
--- a/app/services/search_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/search_service.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class SearchService
-  pattr_initialize [:current_user!, :current_account!, :params!, :search_type!]
+  pattr_initialize [:current_user!, :current_account!, :current_account_user!, :params!, :search_type!]
 
   def perform
     case search_type
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ class SearchService
 
   private
 
+  def user_is_admin?
+    @current_account_user.administrator?
+  end
+
   def accessable_inbox_ids
     @accessable_inbox_ids ||= @current_user.assigned_inboxes.pluck(:id)
   end