diff --git a/gracedb/superevents/api/views.py b/gracedb/superevents/api/views.py
index 3ec6b935a6b8930675a56eb55a20be8803fda53d..80753b1c514930625247bd16b6ca8ede9c515801 100644
--- a/gracedb/superevents/api/views.py
+++ b/gracedb/superevents/api/views.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class SupereventViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
+class SupereventViewSet(SafeCreateMixin, viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     """
     View for listing all Superevents, retrieving individual superevents,
     creating new superevents, and updating existing superevents.