diff --git a/webif/lib/settings.class b/webif/lib/settings.class
index ac7c6d5..f5edda2 100644
--- a/webif/lib/settings.class
+++ b/webif/lib/settings.class
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ proc {settings _safer_query} { queryText args } {
 	# allow 4 tries from 0.5s delay, doubling, to get access
 	for {set lockCnt 4; set delay 0.5} {true} {sleep $delay; set delay $(2*$delay)} {
 		try {
-			return [$settingsdb query $queryText {*}$arg]
+			return [$settingsdb query $queryText {*}$args]
 		} on error {msg opts} {
 			if {[string first "database is locked" $msg] >= 0} {
 				if {[incr lockCnt -1] > 0} {