diff --git a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/db/JdbcDatabase.java b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/db/JdbcDatabase.java
index 55a1f1994..9e39557e5 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/db/JdbcDatabase.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/net/sf/briar/db/JdbcDatabase.java
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 		try {
 			// Get the local and remote authors
 			String sql = "SELECT l.authorId, l.name, l.publicKey,"
-					+ " r.authorId, r.name, r.publicKay"
+					+ " r.authorId, r.name, r.publicKey"
 					+ " FROM localAuthors AS l"
 					+ " JOIN contacts AS r"
 					+ " ON l.authorId = r.localAuthorId"