diff --git a/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp b/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp
index 6e23985595009f4ab2c544ce46220e54c4b82e9b..deddcd423ffc4c73158b63fb7cc9f89a6beb8a4d 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     throw ConfigurationError("This CaosDB client has not been configured.");                       \
   }                                                                                                \
   assert(WRAPPED_JSON_CONFIGURATION(this)->is_object());                                           \
-  const auto &configuration = WRAPPED_JSON_CONFIGURATION(this) -> as_object();                     \
+  const auto &configuration = WRAPPED_JSON_CONFIGURATION(this)->as_object();                       \
   if (!configuration.contains("connections")) {                                                    \
     throw ConfigurationError("This CaosDB client hasn't any configured connections.");             \
   }                                                                                                \