diff --git a/src/userregistry.cpp b/src/userregistry.cpp
index 81f6806ce1867feb5722186a9a92a4e014242e1e..8d8a3975bd812c0ed7d6aa8fba6b081ad43609cc 100644
--- a/src/userregistry.cpp
+++ b/src/userregistry.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ UserRegistry::UserRegistry(Config *cfg, Swift::NetworkFactories *factories) {
 UserRegistry::~UserRegistry() { m_removeTimer->stop(); }
 
 void UserRegistry::isValidUserPassword(const Swift::JID& user, Swift::ServerFromClientSession *session, const Swift::SafeByteArray& password) {
-	if (!CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.admin_jid").empty() && user.toBare().toString() == CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.admin_jid")) {
+	std::vector<std::string> const &x = CONFIG_VECTOR(config,"service.admin_jid");
+	if (std::find(x.begin(), x.end(), user.toBare().toString()) != x.end()) {
 		if (Swift::safeByteArrayToString(password) == CONFIG_STRING(config, "service.admin_password")) {
 			session->handlePasswordValid();
 		}
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ void UserRegistry::isValidUserPassword(const Swift::JID& user, Swift::ServerFrom
 		}
 		return;
 	}
-
 	std::string key = user.toBare().toString();
 
 	// Users try to connect twice