diff --git a/aleksis/core/views.py b/aleksis/core/views.py
index 0637eeb855de325ed18917e18d6ba832c22fe790..a152610104d901943be08dbdf2eb0c788dee6597 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/views.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/views.py
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ class ObjectRepresentationView(View):
             self.object = None
 
         authenticators = request.GET.get("authenticators", "").split(",")
-        if not authenticators:
+        if authenticators == [""]:
             authenticators = list(ObjectAuthenticator.registered_objects_dict.keys())
         self.authenticate(request, authenticators)