diff --git a/functions_db.py b/functions_db.py
index 4893b42415..7bf399930d 100644
--- a/functions_db.py
+++ b/functions_db.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def alias_search(searcher, ostring):
    """
    search_query = ''.join(ostring)
    results = Attribute.objects.select_related().filter(attr_value__iexact=ostring)
-   return [prospect.object for prospect in results if prospect.object.is_player()]
+   return [prospect.get_object() for prospect in results if prospect.get_object().is_player()]
       
 def local_and_global_search(searcher, ostring, search_contents=True, search_location=True, dbref_only=False, limit_types=False):
    """