diff --git a/app/services/team_importer.rb b/app/services/team_importer.rb
index 7bc0a14f6..35ae086b9 100644
--- a/app/services/team_importer.rb
+++ b/app/services/team_importer.rb
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ class TeamImporter
 
         update_smart_annotations_in_project(project)
 
+        # handle the permissions for newly created experiment
+        user = User.find(user_id)
+        UserAssignments::GenerateUserAssignmentsJob.perform_now(experiment, user)
+        experiment.my_modules.find_each do |my_module|
+          UserAssignments::GenerateUserAssignmentsJob.perform_now(my_module, user)
+        end
         puts "Imported experiment: #{experiment.id}"
         return experiment
       end
diff --git a/app/services/templates_service.rb b/app/services/templates_service.rb
index 78a4d20fe..8bdb18caf 100644
--- a/app/services/templates_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/templates_service.rb
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ class TemplatesService
         )
       end
     end
-    owner = tmpl_project.user_projects
-                        .where(role: 'owner')
+    owner_role_id = UserRole.find_by(name: I18n.t('user_roles.predefined.owner')).id
+    owner = tmpl_project.user_assignments
+                        .where(user_role_id: owner_role_id)
                         .order(:created_at)
                         .first&.user
     return unless owner.present?