diff --git a/piphone.py b/piphone.py
index 0e0a5fef2b4ccde02649fff6ae1dff633a33fd1e..ca62be2bc0f59b224f5f28a8c3e262f6bc4a0145 100644
--- a/piphone.py
+++ b/piphone.py
@@ -464,7 +464,8 @@ def static_files(filepath):
     return static_file(filepath, root='./views')
 
 def login_admin(user, password):
-    user = db.execute('SELECT api, token, admin FROM users where api = ?', user).fetchone()
+    user = db.execute('SELECT api, token, admin FROM users where api = ?', user)
+    user = user.fetchone()
     if user is None:
         # user does not exist
         return False