diff --git a/lib/api/projects.rb b/lib/api/projects.rb
index 7aea553bdca9eee1eb657ff568e830fd6288a926..844547665ef5d41a370fd5b3b1f42c394aeb58f0 100644
--- a/lib/api/projects.rb
+++ b/lib/api/projects.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module API
         @projects = current_user.authorized_projects
         @projects = filter_projects(@projects)
         @projects = paginate @projects
-        if params["simple"]
+        if params[:simple]
           present @projects, with: Entities::BasicProjectWithAccess, user: current_user
         else
           present @projects, with: Entities::ProjectWithAccess, user: current_user