diff --git a/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py b/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
index e052259c26d96d8224f31626c70a7519c6116ef6..35021f1af46c8d85a00d91500639064cc4e2d486 100644
--- a/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
+++ b/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def finalize_user_creation(user, auth='local'):
     # Just an extra check
     try:
         Profile.objects.get(user=user)
-    except Profile.DoesNotExists:
+    except Profile.DoesNotExist:
         pass
     else:
         raise Exception('Consistency error: already found a profile for user "{}"'.format(user))