diff --git a/src/lib/Handlers/Users.handler.js b/src/lib/Handlers/Users.handler.js
index d466589..cd35a96 100644
--- a/src/lib/Handlers/Users.handler.js
+++ b/src/lib/Handlers/Users.handler.js
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ async function patchUserData( id , data ){
     const user = await usersModel.findById( id  , { password : 0 , session_token : 0 , session_token_exp : 0 } );
     
     if( (data.email) && (data.email !== user.email) ){
-        const user_already_exists = await usersModel.find({ email : data.email });
+        const user_already_exists = await usersModel.findOne({ email : data.email });
         if( user_already_exists ){
             throw "email already exists, please choose other";
         }