diff --git a/service/token.go b/service/token.go
index b274be3f8..cd2386833 100644
--- a/service/token.go
+++ b/service/token.go
@@ -42,13 +42,14 @@ func (a *TokenHandler) Get() {
 	username, password, _ := request.BasicAuth()
 	authenticated := authenticate(username, password)
 	service := a.GetString("service")
-	scope := a.GetString("scope")
+	scopes := a.GetStrings("scope")
+	log.Debugf("scopes: %+v", scopes)
 
-	if len(scope) == 0 && !authenticated {
+	if len(scopes) == 0 && !authenticated {
 		log.Info("login request with invalid credentials")
 		a.CustomAbort(http.StatusUnauthorized, "")
 	}
-	access := svc_utils.GetResourceActions(scope)
+	access := svc_utils.GetResourceActions(scopes)
 	for _, a := range access {
 		svc_utils.FilterAccess(username, authenticated, a)
 	}
diff --git a/service/utils/authutils.go b/service/utils/authutils.go
index 4c00dd579..c8bdd6d59 100644
--- a/service/utils/authutils.go
+++ b/service/utils/authutils.go
@@ -38,17 +38,19 @@ const (
 )
 
 // GetResourceActions ...
-func GetResourceActions(scope string) []*token.ResourceActions {
+func GetResourceActions(scopes []string) []*token.ResourceActions {
 	var res []*token.ResourceActions
-	if scope == "" {
-		return res
+	for _, s := range scopes {
+		if s == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		items := strings.Split(s, ":")
+		res = append(res, &token.ResourceActions{
+			Type:    items[0],
+			Name:    items[1],
+			Actions: strings.Split(items[2], ","),
+		})
 	}
-	items := strings.Split(scope, ":")
-	res = append(res, &token.ResourceActions{
-		Type:    items[0],
-		Name:    items[1],
-		Actions: strings.Split(items[2], ","),
-	})
 	return res
 }
 
@@ -66,9 +68,12 @@ func FilterAccess(username string, authenticated bool, a *token.ResourceActions)
 		if strings.Contains(a.Name, "/") { //Only check the permission when the requested image has a namespace, i.e. project
 			projectName := a.Name[0:strings.LastIndex(a.Name, "/")]
 			var permission string
-			var err error
 			if authenticated {
-				if username == "admin" {
+				isAdmin, err := dao.IsAdminRole(username)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Errorf("Error occurred in IsAdminRole: %v", err)
+				}
+				if isAdmin {
 					exist, err := dao.ProjectExists(projectName)
 					if err != nil {
 						log.Errorf("Error occurred in CheckExistProject: %v", err)
@@ -100,8 +105,8 @@ func FilterAccess(username string, authenticated bool, a *token.ResourceActions)
 }
 
 // GenTokenForUI is for the UI process to call, so it won't establish a https connection from UI to proxy.
-func GenTokenForUI(username, service, scope string) (string, error) {
-	access := GetResourceActions(scope)
+func GenTokenForUI(username string, service string, scopes []string) (string, error) {
+	access := GetResourceActions(scopes)
 	for _, a := range access {
 		FilterAccess(username, true, a)
 	}
diff --git a/service/utils/registryutils.go b/service/utils/registryutils.go
index 66c39cd1f..37ada5426 100644
--- a/service/utils/registryutils.go
+++ b/service/utils/registryutils.go
@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@ func RegistryAPIGet(url, username string) ([]byte, error) {
 		authenticate := response.Header.Get("WWW-Authenticate")
 		log.Debugf("authenticate header: %s", authenticate)
 		var service string
-		var scope string
+		var scopes []string
+		//Disregard the case for hanlding multiple scopes for http call initiated from UI, as there's refactor planned.
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(`service=\"(.*?)\".*scope=\"(.*?)\"`)
 		res := re.FindStringSubmatch(authenticate)
 		if len(res) > 2 {
 			service = res[1]
-			scope = res[2]
+			scopes = append(scopes, res[2])
 		}
-		token, err := GenTokenForUI(username, service, scope)
+		token, err := GenTokenForUI(username, service, scopes)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}