diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts
index 4286d51d3e..256c5b1f0a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export async function save(
 
   try {
     const { table } = await sdk.tables.internal.save(tableToSave, {
-      user: ctx.user,
+      userId: ctx.user._id,
       rowsToImport: rows,
       tableId: ctx.request.body._id,
       renaming,
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export async function bulkImport(
   await handleDataImport(table, {
     importRows: rows,
     identifierFields,
-    user: ctx.user,
+    userId: ctx.user._id,
   })
   return table
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/tests/utils.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/tests/utils.spec.ts
index dad0146696..68b00d3268 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/tests/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/tests/utils.spec.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe("utils", () => {
 
         const data = [{ name: "Alice" }, { name: "Bob" }, { name: "Claire" }]
 
-        const result = await importToRows(data, table, config.user)
+        const result = await importToRows(data, table, config.user?._id)
         expect(result).toEqual([
           expect.objectContaining({
             autoId: 1,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
index d568e5f33e..106d0e23a6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
 import { events, context, features } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import {
   AutoFieldSubType,
-  ContextUser,
   Datasource,
   Row,
   SourceName,
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ export function makeSureTableUpToDate(table: Table, tableToSave: Table) {
 export async function importToRows(
   data: Row[],
   table: Table,
-  user?: ContextUser,
+  userId?: string,
   opts?: { keepCouchId: boolean }
 ) {
   const originalTable = table
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ export async function importToRows(
 
     // We use a reference to table here and update it after input processing,
     // so that we can auto increment auto IDs in imported data properly
-    const processed = await inputProcessing(user?._id, table, row, {
+    const processed = await inputProcessing(userId, table, row, {
       noAutoRelationships: true,
     })
     row = processed
@@ -167,11 +166,10 @@ export async function importToRows(
 
 export async function handleDataImport(
   table: Table,
-  opts?: { identifierFields?: string[]; user?: ContextUser; importRows?: Row[] }
+  opts?: { identifierFields?: string[]; userId?: string; importRows?: Row[] }
 ) {
   const schema = table.schema
   const identifierFields = opts?.identifierFields || []
-  const user = opts?.user
   const importRows = opts?.importRows
 
   if (!importRows || !isRows(importRows) || !isSchema(schema)) {
@@ -181,7 +179,7 @@ export async function handleDataImport(
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const data = parse(importRows, table)
 
-  const finalData = await importToRows(data, table, user, {
+  const finalData = await importToRows(data, table, opts?.userId, {
     keepCouchId: identifierFields.includes("_id"),
   })
 
@@ -282,22 +280,22 @@ export function checkStaticTables(table: Table) {
 
 class TableSaveFunctions {
   db: Database
-  user?: ContextUser
+  userId?: string
   oldTable?: Table
   importRows?: Row[]
   rows: Row[]
 
   constructor({
-    user,
+    userId,
     oldTable,
     importRows,
   }: {
-    user?: ContextUser
+    userId?: string
     oldTable?: Table
     importRows?: Row[]
   }) {
     this.db = context.getAppDB()
-    this.user = user
+    this.userId = userId
     this.oldTable = oldTable
     this.importRows = importRows
     // any rows that need updated
@@ -329,7 +327,7 @@ class TableSaveFunctions {
     table = await handleSearchIndexes(table)
     table = await handleDataImport(table, {
       importRows: this.importRows,
-      user: this.user,
+      userId: this.userId,
     })
     if (await features.flags.isEnabled("SQS")) {
       await sdk.tables.sqs.addTable(table)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/index.ts
index c0beed0db8..7c72834ee0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/internal/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   ViewStatisticsSchema,
   ViewV2,
   Row,
-  ContextUser,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import {
   hasTypeChanged,
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ import { quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
 export async function save(
   table: Table,
   opts?: {
-    user?: ContextUser
+    userId?: string
     tableId?: string
     rowsToImport?: Row[]
     renaming?: RenameColumn
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ export async function save(
   // saving a table is a complex operation, involving many different steps, this
   // has been broken out into a utility to make it more obvious/easier to manipulate
   const tableSaveFunctions = new TableSaveFunctions({
-    user: opts?.user,
+    userId: opts?.userId,
     oldTable,
     importRows: opts?.rowsToImport,
   })