diff --git a/components/signup.php b/components/signup.php
index b8ee2a9777f71a3f37e9104567893c6b87a10116..35a2ea5c07328a522d8c90308d7bd0adf2bd35b4 100644
--- a/components/signup.php
+++ b/components/signup.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ $error_email="admin@sucs.org";
 $override_permission="staff";
 
 // is the validation (mostly) overridable
-$overridable=isset($session->groups[$permission]);
+$overridable=isset($session->groups[$override_permission]);
 
 // ------------------------------------------------
 // DEV: UNCOMMENT THIS FOR DEV MODE