diff --git a/Webperl/Auth.pm b/Webperl/Auth.pm
index 8516daf..3e8e9c9 100644
--- a/Webperl/Auth.pm
+++ b/Webperl/Auth.pm
@@ -306,8 +306,7 @@ sub get_authmethod_module {
 
     $self -> clear_error();
 
-    return $self -> {"methods"} -> load_method($moduleid)
-        or return $self -> self_error("Auth implementation load failed: ".$self -> {"methods"} -> errstr());
+    return ($self -> {"methods"} -> load_method($moduleid) || $self -> self_error("Auth implementation load failed: ".$self -> {"methods"} -> errstr())));
 }