diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/sync_repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/sync_repositories_controller.rb
index 740c92b2f..ada71fa7d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/sync_repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/sync_repositories_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class Api::V1::Projects::SyncRepositoriesController < Api::V1::BaseController
-  before_action :require_public_and_member_above
+  before_action :require_public_and_member_above, except: [:sync]
+  before_action :load_project, only: [:sync]
 
   def index 
     @sync_repositories = @project.sync_repositories