diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
index 6b317a7e..b980540c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Admin
       respond_to do |format|
         format.html
         format.json do
-          render json: UserDatatable.new(view_context: view_context)
+          render json: UserDatatable.new({}, view_context: view_context)
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/datatables/user_datatable.rb b/app/datatables/user_datatable.rb
index cc2ece66..b21f6fea 100644
--- a/app/datatables/user_datatable.rb
+++ b/app/datatables/user_datatable.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-class UserDatatable < AjaxDatatablesRails::Base
+class UserDatatable < AjaxDatatablesRails::ActiveRecord
   extend Forwardable
 
   def_delegator :@view, :show_roles
   def_delegator :@view, :admin_user_path
   def_delegator :@view, :edit_admin_user_path
 
+  def initialize(params, opts = {})
+    @view = opts[:view_context]
+    super
+  end
+
   def view_columns
     # Declare strings in this format: ModelName.column_name
     # or in aliased_join_table.column_name format
diff --git a/spec/datatables/user_datatable_spec.rb b/spec/datatables/user_datatable_spec.rb
index 89c2b7e3..33d2d4d7 100644
--- a/spec/datatables/user_datatable_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datatables/user_datatable_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe UserDatatable do
   subject! do
-    described_class.new(view)
+    described_class.new({}, view_context: view)
   end
 
   let(:data_cols) do