diff --git a/_sakura/changelog.json b/_sakura/changelog.json
index e86b511..67c9e81 100644
--- a/_sakura/changelog.json
+++ b/_sakura/changelog.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 
                 "20150427",
                 "20150427.1",
-                "20150427.2"
+                "20150427.2",
+                "20150427.3"
 
             ]
 
@@ -712,6 +713,15 @@
                 "change":   "Fixed bug caused by bug fix in login process (ironic)."
             }
 
+        ],
+
+        "20150427.3": [
+
+            {
+                "type":     "FIX",
+                "change":   "Fixed bug in rank checking function (didn't decode the json string)."
+            }
+
         ]
 
     }
diff --git a/_sakura/components/Users.php b/_sakura/components/Users.php
index 9d761d2..bcc0617 100644
--- a/_sakura/components/Users.php
+++ b/_sakura/components/Users.php
@@ -650,11 +650,14 @@ class Users {
         if(in_array($user['rank_main'], $ranks))
             return true;
 
+        // Decode the json for the user's ranks
+        $uRanks = json_decode($user['ranks'], true);
+
         // If not go over all ranks and check if the user has them
         foreach($ranks as $rank) {
 
             // We check if $rank is in $user['ranks'] and if yes return true
-            if(in_array($rank, $user['ranks']))
+            if(in_array($rank, $uRanks))
                 return true;
 
         }
diff --git a/_sakura/sakura.php b/_sakura/sakura.php
index 384962e..db3d3ae 100644
--- a/_sakura/sakura.php
+++ b/_sakura/sakura.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 namespace Sakura;
 
 // Define Sakura version
-define('SAKURA_VERSION',    '20150427.2');
+define('SAKURA_VERSION',    '20150427.3');
 define('SAKURA_VLABEL',     'Heliotrope');
 define('SAKURA_VTYPE',      'Development');
 define('SAKURA_COLOUR',     '#DF73FF');