diff --git a/photoblog/admin/admin.go b/photoblog/admin/admin.go
index f4e331d..6eeb768 100644
--- a/photoblog/admin/admin.go
+++ b/photoblog/admin/admin.go
@@ -94,11 +94,8 @@ func (app *AuthCookie) Username(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) stri
 	if session == nil {
 		return ""
 	}
-	val := session.Values[SESS_USER]
-	if val == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return val.(string)
+	val, _ := session.Values[SESS_USER].(string)
+	return val
 }
 
 // Current session