diff --git a/backend/src/db/connection.rs b/backend/src/db/connection.rs
index 8a21234..75c8afa 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/connection.rs
+++ b/backend/src/db/connection.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl DBConnection {
     pub fn find_user(&mut self, span: &Span, _name: &str, _gitlab: bool) -> Option<super::User> {
         use crate::schema::user::dsl::*;
         let _span = metrics::span("find_user_in_db", span);
-        user.filter(name.eq(name)).filter(gitlab.eq(_gitlab)).first(&mut self.db).ok()
+        user.filter(name.eq(_name)).filter(gitlab.eq(_gitlab)).first(&mut self.db).ok()
     }
 
     pub fn get_users(&mut self) -> Vec<super::User> {