diff --git a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
index ce95f2c697..dd3ee008c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ For upgrade instructions, please check the [migration guide](MIGRATIONS.released
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fix performance bottleneck when deleting a lot of trees at once. [#8176](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/8176)
+- Fix that listing datasets with the `api/datasets` route without compression failed due to missing permissions regarding public datasets. [#8249](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/8249)
 - Fix a bug where changing the color of a segment via the menu in the segments tab would update the segment color of the previous segment, on which the context menu was opened. [#8225](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/8225)
 - Fix a bug when importing an NML with groups when only groups but no trees exist in an annotation. [#8176](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/8176)
 - Fix a bug where trying to delete a non-existing node (via the API, for example) would delete the whole active tree. [#8176](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/8176)
diff --git a/app/controllers/DatasetController.scala b/app/controllers/DatasetController.scala
index f7c600459d..142cda633f 100755
--- a/app/controllers/DatasetController.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/DatasetController.scala
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class DatasetController @Inject()(userService: UserService,
       groupedByOrga = datasets.groupBy(_._organization).toList
       js <- Fox.serialCombined(groupedByOrga) { byOrgaTuple: (String, List[Dataset]) =>
         for {
-          organization <- organizationDAO.findOne(byOrgaTuple._1)
+          organization <- organizationDAO.findOne(byOrgaTuple._1)(GlobalAccessContext)
           groupedByDataStore = byOrgaTuple._2.groupBy(_._dataStore).toList
           result <- Fox.serialCombined(groupedByDataStore) { byDataStoreTuple: (String, List[Dataset]) =>
             for {