diff --git a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
index 7c00f0f3..af784ba2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ module Api
       submissions = submissions.where(slug: params[:slug]) if params[:slug].present?
 
       if params[:template_folder].present?
-        folder = TemplateFolder.find_by(name: params[:template_folder], account_id: current_user.account_id)
+        folder = TemplateFolder.accessible_by(current_ability).find_by(name: params[:template_folder])
 
         submissions = folder ? submissions.joins(:template).where(template: { folder_id: folder.id }) : submissions.none
       end