diff --git a/auth/middleware.go b/auth/middleware.go
index 0aa3ca5ab447713511957eb6231c6a6df1995004..9def293e462b1b55a7dc7369a327a49763f8ebab 100644
--- a/auth/middleware.go
+++ b/auth/middleware.go
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@
 	profile := result.Me
 	return database.WithTx(ctx, nil, func(tx *sql.Tx) error {
 		// TODO: Make the database representation consistent with this
-		ut := strings.ToLower(profile.UserType)
 		row := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx, `
 			INSERT INTO "user" (
 				created,
@@ -403,8 +402,9 @@ 				url,
 				location,
 				bio,
 				suspension_notice;`,
-			profile.ID, profile.Username, profile.Email, ut, profile.URL,
-			profile.Location, profile.Bio, profile.SuspensionNotice)
+			profile.ID, profile.Username, profile.Email,
+			profile.UserType, profile.URL, profile.Location,
+			profile.Bio, profile.SuspensionNotice)
 
 		// TODO: Register webhooks
 		if err := row.Scan(&user.UserID, &user.Created, &user.Updated,