diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java
index e68886e9275760d9939ae0fb2b03a28eb224d9b5..60abe91e7cffd9b9d55554e28571c8e7781d2fca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/SessionController.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class SessionController extends AbstractController {
 	) {
 		response.addHeader("X-Deprecated-API", "1");
 
-		return sessionService.countActiveUsers(sessionkey);
+		return userService.getUsersInSessionCount(sessionkey);
 	}
 
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/", method = RequestMethod.POST)