diff --git a/seafile-ldap.py b/seafile-ldap.py
index f92be0a..d4ca6d6 100644
--- a/seafile-ldap.py
+++ b/seafile-ldap.py
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ for ldapUser in ldapUsers:
     logger.debug("Checking if LDAP user is in SQl Table")
     cnx = mysql.connector.connect(**dbconfig)
     cursor = cnx.cursor()
-    query = ("SELECT * FROM LDAPUsers WHERE email = %s")
-    cursor.execute(query, (str(ldapUser.mail),))
-    logger.debug("Cursor: {0}".format(cursor))
+    query = "SELECT * FROM LDAPUsers WHERE email = '%s'" % ldapUser.mail
+    logger.debug("Query: {0}".format(query))
+    cursor.execute(query)
     row_count = cursor.rowcount
     logger.debug("Found {0} SQL LDAP user".format(cursor.rowcount))
     sqlLDAPuser = cursor.fetchall()