diff --git a/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/handlers/handle_message.py b/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/handlers/handle_message.py
index 94087ba66..cce45331e 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/handlers/handle_message.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/handlers/handle_message.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from danswer.danswerbot.slack.utils import slack_usage_report
 from danswer.danswerbot.slack.utils import update_emote_react
 from danswer.db.engine import get_sqlalchemy_engine
 from danswer.db.models import SlackBotConfig
-from danswer.db.users import add_user_if_not_exists
+from danswer.db.users import add_non_web_user_if_not_exists
 from danswer.utils.logger import setup_logger
 from shared_configs.configs import SLACK_CHANNEL_ID
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def handle_message(
 
     with Session(get_sqlalchemy_engine()) as db_session:
         if message_info.email:
-            add_user_if_not_exists(message_info.email, db_session)
+            add_non_web_user_if_not_exists(message_info.email, db_session)
 
         # first check if we need to respond with a standard answer
         used_standard_answer = handle_standard_answers(
diff --git a/backend/danswer/db/users.py b/backend/danswer/db/users.py
index 634ff2e6b..61ba6e475 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/db/users.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/db/users.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def fetch_user_by_id(db_session: Session, user_id: UUID) -> User | None:
     return user
 
 
-def add_user_if_not_exists(email: str, db_session: Session) -> User:
+def add_non_web_user_if_not_exists(email: str, db_session: Session) -> User:
     user = get_user_by_email(email, db_session)
     if user is not None:
         return user