diff --git a/api/src/auth/strategies/engine.strategy.ts b/api/src/auth/strategies/engine.strategy.ts
index 7bf68c2df41d842645f11ce8bb36891213ec6f84..d1a160c363e0f64175def445c4819c6554f50dcc 100644
--- a/api/src/auth/strategies/engine.strategy.ts
+++ b/api/src/auth/strategies/engine.strategy.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class EngineStrategy extends PassportStrategy(Strategy, 'engine') {
 
   async validate(req: Request) {
     if (!this.engineService.has('getActiveUser')) return false;
-    const user = this.engineService.getActiveUser(req);
+    const user = await this.engineService.getActiveUser(req);
 
     return user ?? false;
   }