1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/fields/util.ts b/src/fields/util.ts
index 9fb65c251..f31213869 100644
--- a/src/fields/util.ts
+++ b/src/fields/util.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { RefField } from './RefField';
 import { SchemaHeaderField } from './SchemaHeaderField';
 import { ComputedField } from './ScriptField';
 import { ScriptCast, StrCast } from './Types';
-import { GroupManager } from '../client/util/GroupManager';
 
 function _readOnlySetter(): never {
     throw new Error("Documents can't be modified in read-only mode");
@@ -181,12 +180,13 @@ export function GetEffectiveAcl(target: any, user?: string): symbol {
 }
 
 /**
- * Calculates the effective access layout right to a document for the current user.
+ * Calculates the effective access layout right to a document for the current user. By getting the container's effective acl if the layout acl isn't set.
  */
 export function GetEffectiveLayoutAcl(target: any, user?: string): symbol {
     if (!target) return AclPrivate;
     if (target[UpdatingFromServer]) return AclAdmin;
-    return getEffectiveAclCache(target, user); // all changes received from the server must be processed as Admin.  return this directly so that the acls aren't cached (UpdatingFromServer is not observable)
+    // if (getEffectiveAclCache(target, user)) return getEffectiveAclCache(target, user);
+    return getEffectiveAclCache(Doc.GetProto(target['embedContainer']), user);
 }
 
 function getPropAcl(target: any, prop: string | symbol | number) {