diff --git a/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.js b/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.js
index 1e55ed9..3841390 100644
--- a/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.js
+++ b/src/routes/voteOnSponsorTime.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async function voteOnSponsorTime(req, res) {
     let isVIP = db.prepare('get', "SELECT count(*) as userCount FROM vipUsers WHERE userID = ?", [nonAnonUserID]).userCount > 0;
 
     //check if user voting on own submission
-    let isOwnSubmission = !!db.prepare('all', 'SELECT UUID as submissionCount FROM sponsorTimes where userID = ? AND UUID = ?', [nonAnonUserID, UUID]).length;
+    let isOwnSubmission = db.prepare("get", "SELECT UUID as submissionCount FROM sponsorTimes where userID = ? AND UUID = ?", [nonAnonUserID, UUID]) !== undefined;
         
     if (type === undefined && category !== undefined) {
         return categoryVote(UUID, userID, isVIP, category, hashedIP, res);
@@ -314,4 +314,4 @@ module.exports = {
     endpoint: function (req, res) {
        voteOnSponsorTime(req, res);
     },
-  };
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+  };