diff --git a/backend-services/comment-service-2/src/Datastores/CommentDataStore.ts b/backend-services/comment-service-2/src/Datastores/CommentDataStore.ts
index 8897d6dcf0d03276661d7ccc723368b39b4f8e22..6300157fcc2b5dc0d6b6cb495afaf7b851a7d425 100644
--- a/backend-services/comment-service-2/src/Datastores/CommentDataStore.ts
+++ b/backend-services/comment-service-2/src/Datastores/CommentDataStore.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class CommentDataStore extends DataStore<any> {
     jwtAuthorId: string,
     commentId: string
   ): Promise<void> => {
-    const comment = await this.Model.findById({ commentId });
+    const comment = await this.Model.findById(commentId);
 
     if (comment.AuthorId !== jwtAuthorId) {
       throw new Error("Unauthorised");