diff --git a/app/controllers/api/items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/items_controller.rb
index 2f3b2017c2..d71cb10734 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/items_controller.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def show
     private
 
       def my_load_and_authorize_resource
-        @work = GenericWork.find(params[:id])
+        @work = CurationConcerns::WorkRelation.new.find(params[:id])
 
         unless user.can? :edit, @work
           return render plain: "#{user} lacks access to #{@work}", status: :unauthorized
diff --git a/app/presenters/work_usage.rb b/app/presenters/work_usage.rb
index cabc4ed98f..078f29a5fb 100644
--- a/app/presenters/work_usage.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/work_usage.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class WorkUsage
   attr_accessor :id, :created, :path, :pageviews
 
   def initialize(id)
-    work = ::GenericWork.find(id)
+    work = CurationConcerns::WorkRelation.new.find(id)
     user = User.find_by(email: work.depositor)
     user_id = user ? user.id : nil