diff --git a/src/controllers/authentication.js b/src/controllers/authentication.js
index 4612226d59..90a1715cbb 100644
--- a/src/controllers/authentication.js
+++ b/src/controllers/authentication.js
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ authenticationController.onSuccessfulLogin = function (req, uid, callback) {
 			user.auth.addSession(uid, req.sessionID, next);
 		},
 		function (next) {
-			db.setObjectField('uid:' + uid + 'sessionUUID:sessionId', uuid, req.sessionID, next);
+			db.setObjectField('uid:' + uid + ':sessionUUID:sessionId', uuid, req.sessionID, next);
 		},
 		function (next) {
 			user.updateLastOnlineTime(uid, next);
diff --git a/test/authentication.js b/test/authentication.js
index e3ab49a5f5..fb26e0bfbf 100644
--- a/test/authentication.js
+++ b/test/authentication.js
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ describe('authentication', function () {
 					assert(body);
 					assert.equal(body.username, 'regular');
 					assert.equal(body.email, 'regular@nodebb.org');
-					done();
+					db.getObject('uid:' + regularUid + ':sessionUUID:sessionId', function (err, sessions) {
+						assert.ifError(err);
+						assert(sessions);
+						assert(Object.keys(sessions).length > 0);
+						done();
+					});
 				});
 			});
 		});