diff --git a/cmd/backend/articles.go b/cmd/backend/articles.go
index 00e7861..ffee3af 100644
--- a/cmd/backend/articles.go
+++ b/cmd/backend/articles.go
@@ -125,10 +125,9 @@ func (db *DB) GetArticleByUUID(u uuid.UUID) (*Article, error) {
 
 	article := new(Article)
 	var created []byte
-	var uuidString string
 	var err error
 
-	if err := row.Scan(&article.ID, &article.Title, &created, &article.BannerLink, &article.Summary, &article.Published, &article.CreatorID, &article.IssueID, &article.EditedID, &article.Clicks, &article.IsInIssue, &article.AutoGenerated, &uuidString); err != nil {
+	if err := row.Scan(&article.ID, &article.Title, &created, &article.BannerLink, &article.Summary, &article.Published, &article.CreatorID, &article.IssueID, &article.EditedID, &article.Clicks, &article.IsInIssue, &article.AutoGenerated); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error scanning article row: %v", err)
 	}