diff --git a/app/pods/components/add-button/component.js b/app/pods/components/add-button/component.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8075297..0000000
--- a/app/pods/components/add-button/component.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-import userCanAdd from '../../../utils/user-can-add';
-
-export default Ember.Component.extend({
-  canAdd: function() {
-    let user_role = this.get('session.currentUser.role');
-    return userCanAdd(user_role);
-  }.property('session.currentUser.role').readOnly(),
-});
diff --git a/app/pods/species/index/controller.js b/app/pods/species/index/controller.js
index a28a11f..82a022e 100644
--- a/app/pods/species/index/controller.js
+++ b/app/pods/species/index/controller.js
@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@ import Ember from 'ember';
 export default Ember.Controller.extend({
   sortParams: ['speciesName', 'strainCount'],
   sortedSpecies: Ember.computed.sort('species', 'sortParams'),
+
+  metaData: function() {
+    return this.store.metadataFor('species');
+  }.property('model.isLoaded').readOnly(),
+
 });
diff --git a/app/pods/species/index/template.hbs b/app/pods/species/index/template.hbs
index b02064a..6fc2993 100644
--- a/app/pods/species/index/template.hbs
+++ b/app/pods/species/index/template.hbs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <h2>{{genus-name}} Species</h2>
 <h3>Total species: {{model.length}}</h3>
 
-{{add-button label="Add Species" link="species.new"}}
+{{add-button label="Add Species" link="species.new" canAdd=metaData.canAdd}}
 
 <table class="flakes-table">
   <thead>