diff --git a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
index 08b2ed02..cf2d0097 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ module Api
         key = params.key?(:submission) ? :submission : :submissions
 
         params.permit(
-          key => [permitted_attrs]
+          { key => [permitted_attrs] }, { key => permitted_attrs }
         ).fetch(key, [])
       end
     end