diff --git a/TShockAPI/Permissions.cs b/TShockAPI/Permissions.cs
index beffceb0..2450aa53 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Permissions.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Permissions.cs
@@ -164,12 +164,18 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 	    [Description("User can save all the players SSI state.")] 
         public static readonly string savessi;
 
+        [Description("User can use rest api calls.")]
+	    public static readonly string restapi;
+
         static Permissions()
 		{
 			foreach (var field in typeof (Permissions).GetFields())
 			{
 				field.SetValue(null, field.Name);
 			}
+
+            //Backwards compatability.
+            restapi = "api";
 		}
 
 		private static List<Command> GetCommands(string perm)
diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
index 7fd56bb5..97727cfb 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 						{Error = "Invalid username/password combination provided. Please re-submit your query with a correct pair."};
 			}
 
-			if (!Utils.GetGroup(userAccount.Group).HasPermission("api") && userAccount.Group != "superadmin")
+			if (!Utils.GetGroup(userAccount.Group).HasPermission(Permissions.restapi) && userAccount.Group != "superadmin")
 			{
 				return new RestObject("403")
 						{