diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
index a30ee9af..22f59cbb 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ long WrenchResendMyReferLink(CVars in, CVars &out) {
 
             if ( load_db_record(x, " SELECT id, uid,email,firstname,lastname FROM members "
                          " WHERE LOWER(SUBSTRING(uid::text, 0,9)) = LOWER('%s') "
-                         " AND id  =  %s", in["uid_part"].Long(), in["member_id"].Long()) > 0){
+                         " AND id  =  %s", in["uid_part"].c_str(), in["member_id"].Long()) > 0){
                           account_email(WRENCHBOARD_MYREFLINK, x, x);
             }