diff --git a/src/middleware/middleware.js b/src/middleware/middleware.js
index d7c06ae4aa..bcb62d9b41 100644
--- a/src/middleware/middleware.js
+++ b/src/middleware/middleware.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ middleware.exposeGroupName = function(req, res, next) {
 
 middleware.exposeUid = function(req, res, next) {
 	if (!req.params.hasOwnProperty('userslug')) {
-		return nex();
+		return next();
 	}
 	user.getUidByUserslug(req.params.userslug, function(err, uid) {
 		if (err) {