diff --git a/src/admininterface.cpp b/src/admininterface.cpp
index 44709d8fd4f3d91008a1124f86c55665fd7009ab..3af032d4976ae9848ad0133f332cdc8428b32845 100644
--- a/src/admininterface.cpp
+++ b/src/admininterface.cpp
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ void AdminInterface::handleMessageReceived(Swift::Message::ref message) {
 	if (!message->getTo().getNode().empty())
 		return;
 
-	if (message->getFrom().getNode() != CONFIG_STRING(m_component->getConfig(), "service.admin_username")) {
-		LOG4CXX_WARN(logger, "Message not from admin user, but from " << message->getFrom().getNode());
+	if (message->getFrom().toBare().toString() != CONFIG_STRING(m_component->getConfig(), "service.admin_jid")) {
+		LOG4CXX_WARN(logger, "Message not from admin user, but from " << message->getFrom().toBare().toString());
 		return;
 	}