diff --git a/src/access.c b/src/access.c
index ebb8bfb..73131af 100644
--- a/src/access.c
+++ b/src/access.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ access_tag_only(const char *username)
 
   TAILQ_FOREACH(ae, &access_entries, ae_link) {
 
-    if(!strcmp(ae->ae_username, username))
+    if(!strcmp(ae->ae_username, username ?: ""))
       return ae->ae_tagonly;
   }
   return r;