diff --git a/webapp/controller/UserController.class.php b/webapp/controller/UserController.class.php
index 4209a9de..2cebd316 100644
--- a/webapp/controller/UserController.class.php
+++ b/webapp/controller/UserController.class.php
@@ -383,8 +383,10 @@ class UserController extends BaseAuthedController {
         }
         $channel = phpcommon\extractChannel($userDb['account_id']);
         if ($channel != BC_CHANNEL) {
-            $this->_rspErr(1, 'not found');
-            return;
+            if (SERVER_ENV != _ONLINE) {
+                $this->_rspErr(1, 'not found');
+                return;
+            }
         }
         $this->_rspData(array(
             'info' => User::info($userDb)