diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ClassgroupRetryController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ClassgroupRetryController.java
index 236c2c38f..41089aaa8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ClassgroupRetryController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/ClassgroupRetryController.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.permissions.SimplePermission;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.VClassGroup;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.Controllers;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.ModelAccess;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VClassGroupDao;
 
 
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ public class ClassgroupRetryController extends BaseEditController {
             action = epo.getAction();
         }
 
-        VClassGroupDao cgDao = request.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory().getVClassGroupDao();
+        VClassGroupDao cgDao = ModelAccess.on(
+                getServletContext()).getWebappDaoFactory().getVClassGroupDao();
 
         epo.setDataAccessObject(cgDao);
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PropertyGroupRetryController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PropertyGroupRetryController.java
index 0eeb5dc28..e3b4b0b2c 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PropertyGroupRetryController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PropertyGroupRetryController.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.permissions.SimplePermission;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.PropertyGroup;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.Controllers;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.ModelAccess;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.PropertyGroupDao;
 
 public class PropertyGroupRetryController extends BaseEditController {
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ public class PropertyGroupRetryController extends BaseEditController {
             action = epo.getAction();
         }
 
-        PropertyGroupDao pgDao = request.getUnfilteredWebappDaoFactory().getPropertyGroupDao();
+        PropertyGroupDao pgDao = ModelAccess.on(
+                getServletContext()).getWebappDaoFactory().getPropertyGroupDao();
 
         epo.setDataAccessObject(pgDao);