diff --git a/lib/apiauth.php b/lib/apiauth.php
index 1e2a6101d6..1061e6b68c 100644
--- a/lib/apiauth.php
+++ b/lib/apiauth.php
@@ -204,9 +204,12 @@ class ApiAuthAction extends ApiAction
                             }
                         }
                         $this->auth_user = $user;
+                        // FIXME: setting the value returned by common_current_user()
+                        // There should probably be a better method for this. common_set_user()
+                        // does lots of session stuff.
                         global $_cur;
                         $_cur = $this->auth_user;
-                        Event::handle('EndSetApiUser', array($user));
+                        Event::handle('EndSetApiUser', array($user)); 
                     }
 
                     $msg = "API OAuth authentication for user '%s' (id: %d) on behalf of " .