diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr
index 05c59886..5a4412ec 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/authentication.cr
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Authentication
       if user
         if Crypto::Bcrypt::Password.new(creds.password).verify(creds.password.byte_slice(0, 55))
           sid = Base64.urlsafe_encode(Random::Secure.random_bytes(32))
-          Invidious::Database::SessionIDs.insert(sid, email)
+          Invidious::Database::SessionIDs.insert(sid, creds.username)
           if old_sid != ""
             Invidious::Database::SessionIDs.delete(old_sid)
           end