diff --git a/Backend/API/handlers/newHotdrop.go b/Backend/API/handlers/newHotdrop.go
index f7daeb6a55d5b6dbc522bcba8c4077610ca5f4a5..860f0447d6950566ce695a6602543f2a36e64b68 100644
--- a/Backend/API/handlers/newHotdrop.go
+++ b/Backend/API/handlers/newHotdrop.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func NewHotDrop(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 		department := 0 //check if it is intended to have a department, if not, skip
 		if data.DepartmentName != "" && data.DepartmentName != " " {
-			department, err = other.GetDepartmentIdByName(data.DepartmentName, building)
+			department, err = other.GetDepartmentIdByName(data.DepartmentName, CompID)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Println(err.Error())
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)