diff --git a/inc/BasicAuthSession.php b/inc/BasicAuthSession.php
index a498c0a9..d6a5f421 100644
--- a/inc/BasicAuthSession.php
+++ b/inc/BasicAuthSession.php
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@ class BasicAuthSession {
       return call_user_func( $c->authenticate_hook['call'], $username, $password );
     }
 
-    $qry = new PgQuery( "SELECT * FROM usr WHERE lower(username) = lower(?) ", $username );
-    if ( $qry->Exec('BasicAuth',__LINE__,__FILE__) && $qry->rows == 1 ) {
-      $usr = $qry->Fetch();
+    if ( $usr = getUserByName($username) ) {
       dbg_error_log( "BasicAuth", ":CheckPassword: Name:%s, Pass:%s, File:%s", $username, $password, $usr->password );
       if ( session_validate_password( $password, $usr->password ) ) {
         return $usr;