diff --git a/Netdisco/Changes b/Netdisco/Changes
index 342f741e..d20a5e6b 100644
--- a/Netdisco/Changes
+++ b/Netdisco/Changes
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   [BUG FIXES]
 
   * Fix NetBIOS report with search on blank domain
+  * Fix database MAC lookup when MAC not returned by nbtstat
 
 2.024000 - 2014-02-22
 
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Core/Nbtstat.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Core/Nbtstat.pm
index 4f18aff9..581e70f5 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Core/Nbtstat.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Core/Nbtstat.pm
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ sub _filter_nbname {
 
         # Just assume it's the last MAC we saw this IP at.
         my $node_ip = schema('netdisco')->resultset('NodeIp')
-            ->single( { ip => $ip, active => \'true' } );
+            ->single( { ip => $ip, -bool => 'active' } );
 
         if ( !defined $node_ip ) {
             debug ' no MAC for %s returned by nbtstat or in DB', $ip;