diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/contract.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/contract.cc
index b06ec64a..09a6ae81 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/contract.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/contract.cc
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ long  WrenchContractMessageList( CVars in, CVars &out )
                     out[vname] = rec["message"];
 
                     snprintf(vname, sizeof (vname), "who_%05d", i);
-                    if( sender_id ==  member_id){
+                    if( rec["sender_id"].Long() ==  member_id){
                       out[vname] = "SENDER";
                     }
                     else{