diff --git a/src/web/views/shelterapi.py b/src/web/views/shelterapi.py
index 6c52f3faea3e4271fdb609dcb271b036ca1338ef..9a5adf1fb5a17ad0434108c84e9abaed28405d36 100644
--- a/src/web/views/shelterapi.py
+++ b/src/web/views/shelterapi.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def getattributes(attribute_name, safetext=False):
     """Returns available values for a given attribute name, separated by semicolons"""
     result= tree()
     
-    attributes = Attribute.query.filter(Attribute.name==attribute_name).\
+    attributes = Attribute.query.filter(Attribute.uniqueid==attribute_name).\
                                 first().associated_values
    
     result[attribute_name] = ";".join([attribute.name for attribute in attributes])