diff --git a/app/org/maproulette/framework/service/UserService.scala b/app/org/maproulette/framework/service/UserService.scala
index f614b3eb..ba02db74 100644
--- a/app/org/maproulette/framework/service/UserService.scala
+++ b/app/org/maproulette/framework/service/UserService.scala
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ class UserService @Inject() (
   }
 
   def promoteSuperUsersInConfig(): Unit = {
-    val usersToPromote: List[User] = config.superAccounts
+    // Look at config.superAccounts and ensure that all of those users are superusers. The below List will contain
+    // both the promoted users and the users that were already superusers.
+    val superusersFromConfig: List[User] = config.superAccounts
       .filter(_ != "*")
       .flatMap { osmId =>
         retrieveByOSMId(osmId.toLong) match {
@@ -123,19 +125,8 @@ class UserService @Inject() (
         }
       }
       .flatMap { user =>
-        if (isSuperUser(user.id)) {
-          logger.info(
-            s"MapRoulette uid=${user.id} (osm_id=${user.osmProfile.id}) is already a superuser, skipping role promotion"
-          )
-          None
-        } else {
-          Some(user)
-        }
+        if (promoteUserToSuperUser(user, User.superUser)) Some(user) else None
       }
-
-    usersToPromote.foreach { user =>
-      promoteUserToSuperUser(user, User.superUser)
-    }
   }
 
   private def seedSuperUserIds(): Unit = {