1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
index 119678e67b..b01124fe42 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         # Convert the URI and method to strings.
         uri = request.uri.decode("utf-8")
-        method = request.uri.decode("utf-8")
+        method = request.method.decode("utf-8")
 
         # If there's no session ID, create a new session.
         if not sid: