diff --git a/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py b/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
index 259b6b356ec276cfb30028c1ee9870d9d57e3330..ae57126b5cbb9263c9cbcb980b9f87c34ba557c5 100644
--- a/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
+++ b/services/webapp/code/rosetta/core_app/utils.py
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ def get_ssh_access_mode_credentials(computing, user):
         computing_port = computing.conf.get('port')
     except AttributeError:
         computing_port = 22
-    if not computing_host:
+    if not computing_port:
         computing_port = 22
       
     # Get computing user and keys