diff --git a/app/api/leantime/status-labels/route.ts b/app/api/leantime/status-labels/route.ts
index 6ce7a2aa..7f40e466 100644
--- a/app/api/leantime/status-labels/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/leantime/status-labels/route.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async function getLeantimeUserId(email: string): Promise<number | null> {
   }
 
   try {
-    console.log('Fetching Leantime users with token:', process.env.LEANTIME_TOKEN ? 'Token present' : 'Token missing');
+    console.log('Fetching Leantime user with token:', process.env.LEANTIME_TOKEN ? 'Token present' : 'Token missing');
     
     const response = await fetch('https://agilite.slm-lab.net/api/jsonrpc', {
       method: 'POST',
@@ -36,34 +36,35 @@ async function getLeantimeUserId(email: string): Promise<number | null> {
       },
       body: JSON.stringify({
         jsonrpc: '2.0',
-        method: 'leantime.rpc.users.getAll',
+        method: 'leantime.rpc.Users.Users.getUserByEmail',
         id: 1,
+        params: {
+          email: email
+        }
       }),
     });
 
     if (!response.ok) {
-      console.error('Failed to fetch users from Leantime:', {
+      console.error('Failed to fetch user from Leantime:', {
         status: response.status,
         statusText: response.statusText
       });
-      throw new Error(`Failed to fetch users from Leantime: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
+      throw new Error(`Failed to fetch user from Leantime: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
     }
 
     const data = await response.json();
-    console.log('Leantime users response:', data);
+    console.log('Leantime user response:', data);
 
-    const user = data.result.find((u: any) => u.email === email);
-    console.log('Found user:', user ? 'Yes' : 'No');
-
-    if (user) {
-      // Cache the user ID
-      userCache.set(email, user.id);
-      // Clear cache after 5 minutes
-      setTimeout(() => userCache.delete(email), 5 * 60 * 1000);
-      return user.id;
+    if (!data.result || data.result === false) {
+      console.log('User not found in Leantime');
+      return null;
     }
 
-    return null;
+    // Cache the user ID
+    userCache.set(email, data.result.id);
+    // Clear cache after 5 minutes
+    setTimeout(() => userCache.delete(email), 5 * 60 * 1000);
+    return data.result.id;
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Error getting Leantime user ID:', error);
     return null;