diff --git a/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp b/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp
index 29298043c2b38f197dfef3728a69baae3c9f0525..f6300e67c93f5505e6f1d91a1a11d0f92dfacf48 100644
--- a/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp
+++ b/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ ftl::Configurable *ftl::config::find(const std::string &uri) {
 	auto ix = config_instance.find(actual_uri);
 	if (ix == config_instance.end()) {
 		auto ix = config_alias.find(actual_uri);
-		if (ix == config_instance.end()) return nullptr;
+		if (ix == config_alias.end()) return nullptr;
 		else return (*ix).second;
 	}
 	else return (*ix).second;