diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
index b557ac4a..ced45af2 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/account.cc
@@ -1790,11 +1790,12 @@ long LoginWrenchBoardExternal(CVars in, CVars &out) {
     if (ret > 0) {
         out["status"] = "Email is already registered";
     } else {
+        load_db_record(in, "SELECT upper(md5(now()::text))||''|| upper(md5(now()::date::text)) AS sessionid");
         ret = load_db_record(out, "SELECT *,id AS member_id FROM members WHERE LOWER(email)=LOWER('%s') AND external_idp_provider_id='%s' AND external_idp_provider=%ld", in["email"].c_str(), in["external_idp_provider_id"].c_str(), in["external_idp_provider"].Long());
         if (ret > 0) {
             logfmt(logINFO, "External account already exists");
         } else {
-            load_db_record(in, "SELECT upper(md5(now()::text))||''|| upper(md5(now()::date::text)) AS sessionid");
+
             logfmt(logINFO, "Create new FB account");
             CVars xx;
             xx["username"] = in["email"];