diff --git a/Civi/Api4/Action/ContactCategory/Sync.php b/Civi/Api4/Action/ContactCategory/Sync.php
index e3ed17c..9512ea8 100644
--- a/Civi/Api4/Action/ContactCategory/Sync.php
+++ b/Civi/Api4/Action/ContactCategory/Sync.php
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ class Sync extends \Civi\Api4\Generic\AbstractAction {
 
   public function _run(Result $result) {
     ini_set('memory_limit', '256M');
-    Civi::log()->debug('Begin', ['=start' => 'ContactCatSync', '=timed' => 1]);
+    Civi::log()->debug(
+      'Begin sync for ' . ($this->contact_id ? "contact $this->contact_id" : "all contacts"),
+      ['=start' => 'ContactCatSync', '=timed' => 1]
+    );
 
     if (!$this->force && !$this->contact_id) {
       $nextRun = Civi::settings()->get('contactcats_next_run') ?? 0;
diff --git a/Civi/Api4/ContactCategory.php b/Civi/Api4/ContactCategory.php
index 0c8e5fa..a0fae3e 100644
--- a/Civi/Api4/ContactCategory.php
+++ b/Civi/Api4/ContactCategory.php
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ class ContactCategory extends Generic\DAOEntity {
   /**
    *
    */
-  public static function sync(): Sync {
-    return new Sync('ContactCategory', 'sync');
+  public static function sync($checkPermissions = TRUE): Sync {
+    return (new Sync('ContactCategory', 'sync'))
+      ->setCheckPermissions($checkPermissions);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/Civi/ContactCats/Processor.php b/Civi/ContactCats/Processor.php
index 7631db6..1865f9b 100644
--- a/Civi/ContactCats/Processor.php
+++ b/Civi/ContactCats/Processor.php
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ class Processor {
     }
     // We don't need them ordered.
     unset($apiParams['orderBy']);
+    $apiParams['checkPermissions'] = FALSE;
 
     $contactIDs = civicrm_api4($search['api_entity'], 'get', $apiParams)->column($contactIdKey);
     // Unsure if this batching is needed.