diff --git a/devops-service/helpers/version_2.rb b/devops-service/helpers/version_2.rb
index c1b0c91..edcc30a 100644
--- a/devops-service/helpers/version_2.rb
+++ b/devops-service/helpers/version_2.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ module Devops
       end
 
       def check_privileges cmd, p
-        settings.mongo.check_user_privileges(request.env['REMOTE_USER'], cmd, p)
+        # somewhy REMOTE_USER is missing
+        user = request.env['HTTP_REMOTE_USER'] || request.env['REMOTE_USER']
+        settings.mongo.check_user_privileges(user, cmd, p)
       end