diff --git a/src/Form/LocalistEntityForm.php b/src/Form/LocalistEntityForm.php
index e934cf3..82b8e4e 100644
--- a/src/Form/LocalistEntityForm.php
+++ b/src/Form/LocalistEntityForm.php
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ public function save(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
   public function exist($id) {
     $entity = $this->entityTypeManager->getStorage('localist_pull')->getQuery()
       ->condition('id', $id)
+      ->accessCheck(TRUE)
       ->execute();
     return (bool) $entity;
   }
diff --git a/src/LocalistProcessor.php b/src/LocalistProcessor.php
index 68ee360..1b31e82 100644
--- a/src/LocalistProcessor.php
+++ b/src/LocalistProcessor.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private function create_file_and_array($url) {
     $data = file_get_contents($url);
     $path = 'public://localist';
     $this->file_system->prepareDirectory($path, FileSystemInterface::CREATE_DIRECTORY);
-    $file = file_save_data($data, $path .'/'. $photo_name, FileSystemInterface::EXISTS_REPLACE);
+    $file = \Drupal::service('file.repository')->writeData($data, $path .'/'. $photo_name, FileSystemInterface::EXISTS_REPLACE);
     $photo_array = [
       'target_id' => $file->id(),
       'alt' => '',