diff --git a/app/logical/user_upload_clamper.rb b/app/logical/user_upload_clamper.rb
index 8660e69bb..a6962c64a 100644
--- a/app/logical/user_upload_clamper.rb
+++ b/app/logical/user_upload_clamper.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ class UserUploadClamper
   def clamp_user!(user)
     upload_limit = (Post.for_user(user).deleted.where("is_banned = false").count / 4) + 10
     user.update_attribute(:base_upload_limit, upload_limit)
-    user.promote_to!(User::Levels::BUILDER) if user.is_contributor?
     CurrentUser.scoped(User.admins.first, "127.0.0.1") do
+      user.promote_to!(User::Levels::BUILDER) if user.is_contributor?
       Dmail.create_split(:to_id => user.id, :title => "Post Upload Limit", :body => "You are receiving this message because a large percentage of your uploads are being deleted. For this reason you will now be limited to 10 uploads a day.")
       ModAction.create(:description => "user ##{user.id} (#{user.name}) clamped")
     end