diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
index 86ffbd45..94cdc8dc 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
@@ -1853,7 +1853,10 @@ long account_session_check(CVars in, CVars out) {
         }
         long member_id = REQ_LONG(in, "member_id", 1, -1);
         if (load_db_record(out, "SELECT uid, id AS member_id FROM members_session WHERE session='%s' AND member_id = %lu", in["sessionid"].c_str(),member_id) > 0) {
-            if (VerifySession(out["member_id"].Long(), in["sessionid"].c_str()) > 0) {
+        CVars inx;
+        inx["sessionid"] = in["sessionid"]; inx["sessionid"].set_valid( true );
+        inx["member_id"] = out["member_id"]; inx["member_id"].set_valid( true );
+            if (VerifySession(inx) > 0) {
                 out["status"] = "Session valid";
                 ret = PHP_API_OK;
             }