diff --git a/app/overrides/actors/hyrax/actors/base_actor_override.rb b/app/overrides/actors/hyrax/actors/base_actor_override.rb
index 145e96d64..c6d7e42d9 100644
--- a/app/overrides/actors/hyrax/actors/base_actor_override.rb
+++ b/app/overrides/actors/hyrax/actors/base_actor_override.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def apply_work_specific_permissions(env)
 
       if permission['type'] == 'person'
         agent_type = 'User'
-        agent_id = ::User.find_by(uid: permission['name'])
+        agent_id = ::User.find_by(email: permission['name'])
       else
         agent_type = 'Hyrax::Group'
         agent_id = permission['name']
diff --git a/spec/actors/hyrax/actors/base_actor_spec.rb b/spec/actors/hyrax/actors/base_actor_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d848ce04d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/actors/hyrax/actors/base_actor_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+require Rails.root.join('app/overrides/actors/hyrax/actors/base_actor_override.rb')
+
+RSpec.describe Hyrax::Actors::BaseActor do
+  before do
+    ActiveFedora::Cleaner.clean!
+    Blacklight.default_index.connection.delete_by_query('*:*')
+    Blacklight.default_index.connection.commit
+    allow(Hyrax::VirusCheckerService).to receive(:file_has_virus?).and_return(false)
+    Sipity::WorkflowState.create(workflow_id: workflow.id, name: 'deposited')
+  end
+
+  let(:depositor) { FactoryBot.create(:user) }
+  let(:admin_set) { AdminSet.create(title: ['an admin set']) }
+
+  let(:permission_template) do
+    Hyrax::PermissionTemplate.create!(source_id: admin_set.id)
+  end
+
+  let(:workflow) do
+    Sipity::Workflow.create(name: 'test', allows_access_grant: true, active: true,
+                            permission_template_id: permission_template.id)
+  end
+
+  describe '#update' do
+    context 'update work with non-admin non-depositor view permission' do
+      let!(:basic_user) { FactoryBot.create(:user) }
+      let(:ability) { ::Ability.new(depositor) }
+
+      let(:work) {
+        General.create(title: ['work for sharing'],
+                            depositor: depositor.email,
+                            admin_set_id: admin_set.id)
+      }
+      let(:file_set1) { FactoryBot.create(:file_set) }
+
+      let!(:entity) { Sipity::Entity.create(proxy_for_global_id: work.to_global_id.to_s, workflow_id: workflow.id) }
+
+      let(:terminator) { Hyrax::Actors::Terminator.new }
+
+      subject(:middleware) do
+        stack = ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack.new.tap do |middleware|
+          middleware.use Hyrax::Actors::CreateWithFilesActor
+          middleware.use Hyrax::Actors::AddToWorkActor
+          middleware.use Hyrax::Actors::InterpretVisibilityActor
+          middleware.use Hyrax::Actors::GeneralActor
+        end
+        stack.build(terminator)
+      end
+
+      let(:attributes) {
+        {
+          permissions_attributes: {
+            "0": {
+              type: 'person',
+              name: basic_user.email,
+              access: 'read'
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      before do
+        allow(terminator).to receive(:update).and_return(true)
+        work.ordered_members << file_set1
+      end
+
+      it 'adds the user permission to the work' do
+        env = Hyrax::Actors::Environment.new(work, ability, attributes)
+        middleware.update(env)
+
+        user_perm = work.permissions.to_a.find { |perm| perm.agent.first.id == "http://projecthydra.org/ns/auth/person##{basic_user.email}" }
+        expect(user_perm.mode.first.id).to eq 'http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#Read'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end