diff --git a/app/controllers/subscriptions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/subscriptions_controller.rb
index 61b35ae3..6d5b7cdf 100644
--- a/app/controllers/subscriptions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/subscriptions_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class SubscriptionsController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :authenticate_user!
-  load_and_authorize_resource :conference, find_by: :short_title
+  load_resource :conference, find_by: :short_title
   load_and_authorize_resource only: [:create, :destroy], through: :conference
 
   def create