diff --git a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/topBar/New/Default.vm b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/topBar/New/Default.vm
index a8f4f6e089f9d4028ba7b8ced2a40efd8d787427..576074f3d5f167ce7063ca63200deec63b278502 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/topBar/New/Default.vm
+++ b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/topBar/New/Default.vm
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 #* @vtlvariable name="displayManager" type="org.nrg.xdat.display.DisplayManager" *#
 #* @vtlvariable name="project" type="org.nrg.xdat.om.XnatProjectdata" *#
 <!-- Sequence: 10 -->
-    #if($siteConfig.getUiAllowNonAdminProjectCreation() || $data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canCreate("xnat:subjectData/project"))
+    #if ($turbineUtils.isSiteAdmin($user) || $siteConfig.getUiAllowNonAdminProjectCreation() || $data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canCreate("xnat:subjectData/project"))
     <li><a href="$link.setPage("XDATScreen_add_xnat_projectData.vm")">$displayManager.getSingularDisplayNameForProject()</a></li>
-     #end
+    #end
     <!-- -->
     #if ($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canCreate("xnat:subjectData"))
         #if($project)