diff --git a/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm b/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
index 4f421cbeced..e7eea79883b 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ var/list/admin_verbs_hideable = list(
 		var/list/Lines = file2list("config/admins.txt")
 		for(var/line in Lines)
 			var/list/splitline = text2list(line, " = ")
-			if(lowertext(splitline[1]) == ckey)
+			if(ckey(splitline[1]) == ckey)
 				if(splitline.len >= 2)
 					rank = ckeyEx(splitline[2])
 				break