diff --git a/website/templates/emails/digest.html.mako b/website/templates/emails/digest.html.mako
index 84ac3ca98eb..719a86b0c3c 100644
--- a/website/templates/emails/digest.html.mako
+++ b/website/templates/emails/digest.html.mako
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
             <th colspan="2" style="padding: 0px 15px 0px 15px;">
                 <h3 style="padding: 0 15px 5px 15px; margin: 30px 0 0 0;border: none;list-style: none;font-weight: 300; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee; text-align: left;">
                   <% from osf.models import Guid %>
-                ${Guid.objects.get(_id=key).referent.title}
+                ${Guid.load(key).referent.title}
                 %if parent :
                   <small style="font-size: 14px;color: #999;"> in ${Guid.objects.get(_id=parent).referent.title}</small>
                 %endif