diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDuplicator.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDuplicator.coffee
index 692abe4ef7..b43dcea77c 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDuplicator.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDuplicator.coffee
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ projectLocator = require('./ProjectLocator')
 projectOptionsHandler = require('./ProjectOptionsHandler')
 DocumentUpdaterHandler = require("../DocumentUpdater/DocumentUpdaterHandler")
 DocstoreManager = require "../Docstore/DocstoreManager"
+ProjectGetter = require("./ProjectGetter")
 Project = require("../../models/Project").Project
 _ = require('underscore')
 async = require('async')
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports =
 	duplicate: (owner, originalProjectId, newProjectName, callback)->
 		DocumentUpdaterHandler.flushProjectToMongo originalProjectId, (err) ->
 			return callback(err) if err?
-			Project.findById originalProjectId, (err, originalProject) ->
+			ProjectGetter.getProject originalProjectId, (err, originalProject) ->
 				return callback(err) if err?
 				projectCreationHandler.createBlankProject owner._id, newProjectName, (err, newProject)->
 					return callback(err) if err?
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectDuplicatorTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectDuplicatorTests.coffee
index 05427f3011..abc0b150fa 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectDuplicatorTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Project/ProjectDuplicatorTests.coffee
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ describe 'ProjectDuplicator', ->
 		@Project =
 			findById: sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, @project)
 
+		@ProjectGetter =
+			getProject: sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, @project)
+
 		@duplicator = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
 			'../../models/Project':{Project:@Project}
 			"../DocumentUpdater/DocumentUpdaterHandler": @DocumentUpdaterHandler
@@ -83,12 +86,13 @@ describe 'ProjectDuplicator', ->
 			'./ProjectLocator': @locator
 			'./ProjectOptionsHandler': @projectOptionsHandler
 			"../Docstore/DocstoreManager": @DocstoreManager
+			"./ProjectGetter":@ProjectGetter
 			'logger-sharelatex':{log:->}
 
 	it "should look up the original project", (done) ->
 		newProjectName = "someProj"
 		@duplicator.duplicate @owner, @project_id, newProjectName, (err, newProject)=>
-			@Project.findById.calledWith(@project_id).should.equal true
+			@ProjectGetter.getProject.calledWith(@project_id).should.equal true
 			done()
 
 	it "should flush the original project to mongo", (done) ->