diff --git a/admin/server/api/list/delete.js b/admin/server/api/list/delete.js
index 53a966d1af..c5fdde2128 100644
--- a/admin/server/api/list/delete.js
+++ b/admin/server/api/list/delete.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module.exports = function (req, res) {
 			return res.apiError('database error', err);
 		}
 		async.forEachLimit(results, 10, function (item, next) {
+			item._req_user = req.user;
 			item.remove(function (err) {
 				if (err) return next(err);
 				deletedCount++;
diff --git a/fields/types/cloudinaryimages/CloudinaryImagesType.js b/fields/types/cloudinaryimages/CloudinaryImagesType.js
index 6e52cc53d3..25231393f1 100644
--- a/fields/types/cloudinaryimages/CloudinaryImagesType.js
+++ b/fields/types/cloudinaryimages/CloudinaryImagesType.js
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ cloudinaryimages.prototype.addToSchema = function (schema) {
 	});
 
 	var src = function (img, options) {
+		options = options || {};
 		if (keystone.get('cloudinary secure')) {
-			options = options || {};
 			options.secure = true;
 		}
 		options.format = options.format || img.format;