diff --git a/spec/controllers/pseudonym_sessions_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/pseudonym_sessions_controller_spec.rb
index 0cb5dec2309..b9d40b34e70 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/pseudonym_sessions_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/pseudonym_sessions_controller_spec.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe PseudonymSessionsController do
       get 'saml_consume', :SAMLResponse => "foo"
       response.should redirect_to(dashboard_url(:login_success => 1))
       session[:name_id].should == unique_id
-      session[:pseudonym_credentials_id].should == user1.pseudonyms.first.id
+      Pseudonym.find(session[:pseudonym_credentials_id]).should == user1.pseudonyms.first
 
       (controller.instance_variables.grep(/@[^_]/) - ['@mock_proxy']).each{ |var| controller.send :remove_instance_variable, var }
       session.reset
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe PseudonymSessionsController do
       get 'saml_consume', :SAMLResponse => "bar"
       response.should redirect_to(dashboard_url(:login_success => 1))
       session[:name_id].should == unique_id
-      session[:pseudonym_credentials_id].should == user2.pseudonyms.first.id
+      Pseudonym.find(session[:pseudonym_credentials_id]).should == user2.pseudonyms.first
 
       Setting.set_config("saml", nil)
     end
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe PseudonymSessionsController do
       get 'new', :ticket => 'ST-abcd'
       response.should redirect_to(dashboard_url(:login_success => 1))
       session[:cas_login].should == true
-      session[:pseudonym_credentials_id].should == user1.pseudonyms.first.id
+      Pseudonym.find(session[:pseudonym_credentials_id]).should == user1.pseudonyms.first
 
       (controller.instance_variables.grep(/@[^_]/) - ['@mock_proxy']).each{ |var| controller.send :remove_instance_variable, var }
       session.reset
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe PseudonymSessionsController do
       get 'new', :ticket => 'ST-efgh'
       response.should redirect_to(dashboard_url(:login_success => 1))
       session[:cas_login].should == true
-      session[:pseudonym_credentials_id].should == user2.pseudonyms.first.id
+      Pseudonym.find(session[:pseudonym_credentials_id]).should == user2.pseudonyms.first
     end
 
     it "should log in and log out a user CAS has validated" do