diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/contract.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/contract.cc
index bddd7e95..f0260b70 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/contract.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/contract.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ long  WrenchContractStatus( CVars in, CVars &out )
 	logfmt( logINFO, "WrenchContractStatus()" );
 	REQ_LONG( in, "member_id", 1, -1 );
 	REQ_STRING (in, "contract",   7, 25, "(.*)");
-	contract_uid (in, "contract_uid",   7, 125, "(.*)");
+	REQ_STRING (in, "contract_uid",   7, 125, "(.*)");
 	//REQ_LONG( in, "job_id", 1, -1 );
 	long job_action = REQ_LONG( in, "job_action", 1, -1 );
 	out["result"] = "Yes i go to this back end";