diff --git a/lib/Controller/BoardApiController.php b/lib/Controller/BoardApiController.php
index 088a62d73..5222068d7 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/BoardApiController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/BoardApiController.php
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class BoardApiController extends ApiController {
 		$this->userId = $userId;
 		$this->userManager = $userManager;
 		$this->groupManager = $groupManager;
+		$this->userInfo = $this->service->getBoardPrerequisites();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class BoardApiController extends ApiController {
 	 * Return all of the boards that the current user has access to.
 	 */
 	public function index() {
-		$boards = $this->service->findAll($this->getUserInfo());
+		$boards = $this->service->findAll($this->userInfo);
 
 		return new DataResponse($boards);
 	}
@@ -132,13 +133,4 @@ class BoardApiController extends ApiController {
 		return new DataResponse($board);
 	}
 
-	// this is taken from BoardController, but it's not ideal
-	private function getUserInfo() {
-		$groups = $this->groupManager->getUserGroupIds(
-			$this->userManager->get($this->userId)
-		);
-		return ['user' => $this->userId,
-			'groups' => $groups];
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/lib/Controller/BoardController.php b/lib/Controller/BoardController.php
index 0ecd044b1..d447f849e 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/BoardController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/BoardController.php
@@ -47,21 +47,7 @@ class BoardController extends ApiController {
 		$this->groupManager = $groupManager;
 		$this->boardService = $boardService;
 		$this->permissionService = $permissionService;
-		$this->userInfo = $this->getBoardPrerequisites();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * TODO: move to boardservice
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	private function getBoardPrerequisites() {
-		$groups = $this->groupManager->getUserGroupIds(
-			$this->userManager->get($this->userId)
-		);
-		return [
-			'user' => $this->userId,
-			'groups' => $groups
-		];
+		$this->userInfo = $this->boardSerivce->getBoardPrerequisites();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/lib/Service/BoardService.php b/lib/Service/BoardService.php
index ab6baf225..e9140d09a 100644
--- a/lib/Service/BoardService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/BoardService.php
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ class BoardService {
 		return $board;
 	}
 
+	public function getBoardPrerequisites() {
+		$groups = $this->groupManager->getUserGroupIds(
+			$this->userManager->get($this->userId)
+		);
+		return [
+			'user' => $this->userId,
+			'groups' => $groups
+		];
+	}
+
 	public function isArchived($mapper, $id) {
 		try {
 			$boardId = $id;