diff --git a/src/users.jl b/src/users.jl
index 951e68c..ecf07fd 100644
--- a/src/users.jl
+++ b/src/users.jl
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function new_user(s::MatrixServer,
 
     parsed = String(raw_response.body)
     write("$(username).json", parsed)
+    parsed = JSON.parse(parsed)
     MatrixUser(s,
                parsed["user_id"], parsed["access_token"],
                parsed["device_id"])