diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/connections_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/connections_controller.rb
index 3c84ce2f8..91f8596d6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/connections_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/connections_controller.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Api
       before_action :load_experiment
       before_action :load_connections
       before_action :load_connection, only: %i(show destroy)
-      before_action :check_manage_permissions, except: %i(index show)
+      before_action :check_manage_permissions, except: %i(index show destroy)
 
       def index
         @connections = @connections.page(params.dig(:page, :number))