diff --git a/app/Controllers/UserController.php b/app/Controllers/UserController.php
index 278c10a3a9eeda9cb8704bed88417bb995883fea..05c350b108a79c48df59e1d270e37a933abe0202 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/UserController.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class UserController {
     public function loginByEmail($email,$password) {
         $user = $this->userModel->getUserByEmail($email);
         if ($user !== false && password_verify($password, $user['user_hashedPass'])) {
-            $_SESSION["user_id"] = $user["id"];
+            $_SESSION["user_id"] = $user['user_ID'];
             return "success";
         } else {
             return "wrong credentials";
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class UserController {
     public function loginByUsername($username,$password) {
         $user = $this->userModel->getUserByUsername($username);
         if ($user !== false && password_verify($password, $user['user_hashedPass'])) {
-            $_SESSION["user_id"] = $user["id"];
+            $_SESSION["user_id"] = $user['user_ID'];
             return "success";
         } else {
             return "wrong credentials";