diff --git a/ckanext/xloader/helpers.py b/ckanext/xloader/helpers.py
index a28f89f7..6c4b8b9b 100644
--- a/ckanext/xloader/helpers.py
+++ b/ckanext/xloader/helpers.py
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ def xloader_status_description(status):
 def is_resource_supported_by_xloader(res_dict, check_access = True):
     is_supported_format = XLoaderFormats.is_it_an_xloader_format(res_dict.get('format'))
     is_datastore_active = res_dict.get('datastore_active', False)
-    if check_access:
-        user_has_access = toolkit.h.check_access('package_update', {'id':res_dict.get('package_id')})
-    else:
-        user_has_access = True
+    user_has_access = not check_access or toolkit.h.check_access('package_update',
+                                                                 {'id':res_dict.get('package_id')})
     try:
         is_supported_url_type = res_dict.get('url_type') not in toolkit.h.datastore_rw_resource_url_types()
     except AttributeError:
diff --git a/ckanext/xloader/utils.py b/ckanext/xloader/utils.py
index 0d2a182b..99284bff 100644
--- a/ckanext/xloader/utils.py
+++ b/ckanext/xloader/utils.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def is_it_an_xloader_format(cls, format_):
         if cls.formats is None:
             cls._formats = config.get("ckanext.xloader.formats")
             if cls._formats is not None:
+                # use config value. preserves empty list as well.
                 cls._formats = cls._formats.lower().split()
             else:
                 cls._formats = DEFAULT_FORMATS