diff --git a/services/managers/eve_api_manager.py b/services/managers/eve_api_manager.py
index d010a1c1..d3d9963b 100644
--- a/services/managers/eve_api_manager.py
+++ b/services/managers/eve_api_manager.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class EveApiManager():
             api = evelink.api.API(api_key=(api_id, api_key))
             account = evelink.account.Account(api=api)
             info = account.key_info()
-            return info[0]['access_mask'] == "268435455"
+            return info[0]['access_mask'] == 268435455
 
         except evelink.api.APIError as error:
             print error