diff --git a/src/plugins/BotControl.ts b/src/plugins/BotControl.ts
index de60cd7d..2345438e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/BotControl.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/BotControl.ts
@@ -46,11 +46,7 @@ export class BotControlPlugin extends GlobalZeppelinPlugin<TConfigSchema> {
   }
 
   protected getMemberLevel(member) {
-    if (this.getConfig().owners.includes(member.id)) {
-      return 100;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
+    return this.isOwner(member.id) ? 100 : 0;
   }
 
   async onLoad() {
@@ -70,10 +66,6 @@ export class BotControlPlugin extends GlobalZeppelinPlugin<TConfigSchema> {
     }
   }
 
-  isOwner(userId) {
-    return this.getConfig().owners.includes(userId);
-  }
-
   @d.command("bot_full_update")
   @d.permission("can_use")
   async fullUpdateCmd(msg: Message) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/GlobalZeppelinPlugin.ts b/src/plugins/GlobalZeppelinPlugin.ts
index b1dba184..c49da5aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/GlobalZeppelinPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/GlobalZeppelinPlugin.ts
@@ -110,4 +110,9 @@ export class GlobalZeppelinPlugin<TConfig extends {} = IBasePluginConfig> extend
     const mergedOptions = this.getMergedOptions(); // This implicitly also validates the config
     return super.runLoad();
   }
+
+  protected isOwner(userId) {
+    const owners = this.knub.getGlobalConfig().owners || [];
+    return owners.includes(userId);
+  }
 }