diff --git a/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
index aa0b716..2bf4305 100644
--- a/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
   # Capture the user's shibboleth id if they're coming in from an IDP
   def create
-    existing_user = User.find_by_email(params[:user][:email])
-        
+    existing_user = User.find_by(email: params[:user][:email])
     if !existing_user.nil? && !params[:shibboleth_data].nil? then
       #after authentication verify if session[:shibboleth] exists
       existing_user.update_attributes(shibboleth_id: session[:shibboleth_data][:uid])