diff --git a/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/IMAP.pmod/requests.pmod b/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/IMAP.pmod/requests.pmod
index 1f10378133ee3e38850c87baea3e96d7244f8431..fb3ea3d1ed082ce9e5e2c9813174bcd8ec845414 100644
--- a/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/IMAP.pmod/requests.pmod
+++ b/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/IMAP.pmod/requests.pmod
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class request
 
   mapping bad(string msg)
     {
-      return ([ "action" : bat, "tag" : tag, "msg" : msg]);
+      return ([ "action" : "bad", "tag" : tag, "msg" : msg]);
     }
   
   mapping easy_process(mixed ... args);