diff --git a/app/controllers/documents_controller.php b/app/controllers/documents_controller.php
index c784698f..ebfe7263 100755
--- a/app/controllers/documents_controller.php
+++ b/app/controllers/documents_controller.php
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 AUSTRALIA<br>
 ENDINSTRUCTIONS;
 
 
-			$currentuser = $this->Session->read('Auth.User');
-			$this->data['Document']['user_id'] = $currentuser['id'];
+			$currentuser = $this->GetCurrentUser();
+			$this->data['Document']['user_id'] = $currentuser['User']['id'];
 			$this->data['Document']['revision'] = 0; //No revisions for POs. I have decreed it!
 			$this->data['Document']['type'] = 'purchaseOrder';
 			break;