From f987a352c6f6bbf0831aacbc0937dcba0b82ec69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mouse Reeve <mousereeve@riseup.net>
Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 21:33:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes username helper

---
 bookwyrm/views/helpers.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py b/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py
index 3dc02e0d..95a1cbbe 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from bookwyrm.utils import regex
 
 def get_user_from_username(viewer, username):
     """helper function to resolve a localname or a username to a user"""
-    if viewer.localname == username:
+    if viewer.is_authenticated and viewer.localname == username:
         # that's yourself, fool
         return viewer