diff --git a/matrix/user_register.cc b/matrix/user_register.cc
index 725c21c26..1005d8c62 100644
--- a/matrix/user_register.cc
+++ b/matrix/user_register.cc
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ const
 	};
 
 	// 3.3.1 The login type that the client is attempting to complete.
-	const string_view &type
+	const json::string &type
 	{
-		!empty(auth)? unquote(auth.at("type")) : string_view{}
+		auth["type"]
 	};
 
 	// We only support this for now, for some reason. TODO: XXX