diff --git a/Workbench/grouper_daemon/container_files/tmp/initialize.gsh b/Workbench/grouper_daemon/container_files/tmp/initialize.gsh
index 31ccd9c..844a49a 100644
--- a/Workbench/grouper_daemon/container_files/tmp/initialize.gsh
+++ b/Workbench/grouper_daemon/container_files/tmp/initialize.gsh
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def addGroups(gs,stem,owner,regexp) {
 
 def cs = GroupFinder.findByName(gs, "app:cs", true)
 
+gs = GrouperSession.startRootSession()
 addGroups(gs, StemFinder.findByName(gs, 'ref:course'), cs, /CS.*/)
 
 System.out.println("************** initialize.gsh done.")