diff --git a/src/common/logger.py b/src/common/logger.py
index 7290d545572ce7f03c4866263b20e743ac5b97d0..70ab1046f122b81cb2542edaea2f4823669ca36d 100644
--- a/src/common/logger.py
+++ b/src/common/logger.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ def date_has_logs(self, jid, year, month, day):
 		
 		# just ask one row to see if we have sth for this date
 		self.cur.execute('''
-			SELECT log_line_id FROM logs
+			SELECT kind FROM logs
 			WHERE jid_id = %d
 			AND time BETWEEN %d AND %d
 			AND kind NOT IN (%d, %d)