diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2abcf1f..b10f719 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -58,5 +58,10 @@
             "./vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=Drupal --ignore=*.md,vendor --extensions=php,module,inc,install,test,profile,theme,css,info .",
             "./vendor/bin/phpcpd --names='*.module,*.inc,*.test,*.php' --exclude=vendor ."
         ]
+    },
+    "config": {
+        "allow-plugins": {
+            "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": true
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/EventDownloadService.php b/src/EventDownloadService.php
index 36e41fe..4f84f56 100644
--- a/src/EventDownloadService.php
+++ b/src/EventDownloadService.php
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ public function libcalEventToNode(array $events)
     public function queryEventNode($event_id)
     {
         $query = \Drupal::entityQuery('node');
+        $query->accessCheck(FALSE);
         $query->condition('status', 1);
         $query->condition('type', 'event');
         $query->condition('field_libcal_id', $event_id);
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ public function updatePastFieldEventNode($config)
         // Begin constructing the query
         // All event types with a start date in the past
         $query = \Drupal::entityQuery('node');
+        $query->accessCheck(FALSE);
         $query->condition('type', 'event');
         $query->condition('field_start_date', $now, '<');
 
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ public function deleteEventNodes($events) {
 
         // Get all future events
         $query = \Drupal::entityQuery('node');
+        $query->accessCheck(FALSE);
         $query->condition('type', 'event');
         $query->condition('field_start_date', $now, '>=');
         $nids = $query->execute();