diff --git a/stager_access.py b/stager_access.py
index 6c50b4193914cb23de920f6751582f878b3dcb1d..b2ed959a6aa38c6b98b4df8a800103a6810c0c7b 100755
--- a/stager_access.py
+++ b/stager_access.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ for f in ["~/.awe/Environment.cfg", "~/.stagingrc"]:
 if user is not None and passw is not None:
     print("%s - stager_access: Creating proxy" % (datetime.datetime.now()))
     proxy = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("https://"+user+':'+passw+"@webportal.astron.nl/service-public/xmlrpc")
+    LtaStager = proxy.LtaStager
 else:
     print("%s - stager_access:  Could not find a file with user credentials." % (datetime.datetime.now()))