diff --git a/thirdeye-server/src/main/java/ai/startree/thirdeye/service/DataSourceService.java b/thirdeye-server/src/main/java/ai/startree/thirdeye/service/DataSourceService.java
index bddd9cf6d8..aa50257655 100644
--- a/thirdeye-server/src/main/java/ai/startree/thirdeye/service/DataSourceService.java
+++ b/thirdeye-server/src/main/java/ai/startree/thirdeye/service/DataSourceService.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public DataSourceApi recommend(final ThirdEyePrincipal principal) {
     final String namespace = authorizationManager.currentNamespace(principal);
 
     // verify that user has read access to data sources in given namespace
-    DataSourceDTO sampleDataset = new DataSourceDTO();
+    final DataSourceDTO sampleDataset = new DataSourceDTO();
     sampleDataset.setAuth(new AuthorizationConfigurationDTO().setNamespace(namespace));
     authorizationManager.ensureCanRead(principal, sampleDataset);