diff --git a/emailApi/main.go b/emailApi/main.go
index 12274ee..3dae715 100644
--- a/emailApi/main.go
+++ b/emailApi/main.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func sendEmails(app *pocketbase.PocketBase, emailRecord *models.Record) {
 	registry := template.NewRegistry()
 
 	// expand the createdMessageRecord to get recipient user and send email notification if recipient is set
-	if errs := app.Dao().ExpandRecord(emailRecord, []string{"recipients, sender"}, nil); len(errs) > 0 {
+	if errs := app.Dao().ExpandRecord(emailRecord, []string{"recipients", "sender"}, nil); len(errs) > 0 {
 		// return new error with all errors
 		logger.LogErrorF("Error expanding created email record: %v", errs)
 		emailRecord.Set("errors", fmt.Sprintf("The email was not sent to anyone due to an error."))