diff --git a/plugins/eval.rb b/plugins/eval.rb
index 5ad755a..af99166 100644
--- a/plugins/eval.rb
+++ b/plugins/eval.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Client.register_trigger("PRIVMSG", "eval") { |msg|
                   end
 
     if message[0..5] == ":eval " then
-        if Config.lookup("eval::owners", [], msg[:scope]).include?(msg[:scope][:person]) then
+        if Config.lookup("eval::owners", [], msg[:scope]).include?(msg[:scope]["person"]) then
             code = message[6..-1]
             begin
                 retval = proc {