diff --git a/Server/db/MongoDB.js b/Server/db/MongoDB.js
index 83668a512..1d16a14d3 100644
--- a/Server/db/MongoDB.js
+++ b/Server/db/MongoDB.js
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ const getUserByEmail = async (req, res) => {
   try {
     // Need the password to be able to compare, removed .select()
     // We can strip the hash before returing the user
-    const user = await UserModel.findOne(
-      { email: req.body.email }.select("-profileImage")
+    const user = await UserModel.findOne({ email: req.body.email }).select(
+      "-profileImage"
     );
     if (user) {
       return user;