diff --git a/app/controllers/shared/api.php b/app/controllers/shared/api.php
index 5b3963a89e..1fee484c4c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/shared/api.php
+++ b/app/controllers/shared/api.php
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ App::init()
         if ($useCache) {
             $route = $utopia->match($request);
             $isImageTransformation = $route->getPath() === '/v1/storage/buckets/:bucketId/files/:fileId/preview';
-            // Plan-level disable (legacy) - -1 means disabled
-            $isDisabled = isset($plan['imageTransformations']) && $plan['imageTransformations'] === -1;
+            $isDisabled = isset($plan['imageTransformations']) && $plan['imageTransformations'] === -1 && !Auth::isPrivilegedUser(Authorization::getRoles());
+
 
             $key = $request->cacheIdentifier();
             $cacheLog  = Authorization::skip(fn () => $dbForProject->getDocument('cache', $key));