diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_thumbnails.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_thumbnails.clj
index eb7bf3c16..c3a5cb5d4 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_thumbnails.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_thumbnails.clj
@@ -402,7 +402,10 @@
 
   [cfg {:keys [::rpc/profile-id file-id] :as params}]
   (db/tx-run! cfg (fn [{:keys [::db/conn] :as cfg}]
-                    (files/check-edition-permissions! conn profile-id file-id)
+                    ;; TODO For now we check read permissions instead of write,
+                    ;; to allow viewer users to update thumbnails. We might
+                    ;; review this approach on the future.
+                    (files/check-read-permissions! conn profile-id file-id)
                     (when-not (db/read-only? conn)
                       (let [media (create-file-thumbnail! cfg params)]
                         {:uri (files/resolve-public-uri (:id media))