diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
index 9d8815ce7..3bc2f350f 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/twitter_api.ex
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ def register_user(params) do
     }
 
     # no need to query DB if registration is open
-    unless @registrations_open || is_nil(tokenString) do
-      token = Repo.get_by(UserInviteToken, %{token: tokenString})
+    token = unless @registrations_open || is_nil(tokenString) do
+      Repo.get_by(UserInviteToken, %{token: tokenString})
     end
 
     cond do