diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 02a5d8d3ba..7bf718fe9b 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -1446,3 +1446,9 @@ David  Feb 17 2008
         
     sched/
         sched_hr.C
+
+David  Feb 18 2008
+    - web: fix in XML RPC to get pending credit
+
+    html/user/
+        pending.php
diff --git a/html/user/pending.php b/html/user/pending.php
index 5ffa42afba..51053ad9ef 100644
--- a/html/user/pending.php
+++ b/html/user/pending.php
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-$cvs_version_tracker[]="\$Id$";  //Generated automatically - do not edit
 
 // Show results with pending credit for a user
 
@@ -17,7 +16,8 @@ $format = get_str("format", true);
 if ($format == "xml") {
     xml_header();
     
-    $user = get_user_from_auth(get_str("authenticator"));
+    $auth = process_user_text(get_str('authenticator'));
+    $user = BoincUser::lookup("authenticator='$auth'");
     if (!$user) {
         echo "<error>".xml_error(-136)."</error>\n";
         exit();
@@ -60,4 +60,5 @@ if ($format == "xml") {
     page_tail();
 }
 
+$cvs_version_tracker[]="\$Id$";  //Generated automatically - do not edit
 ?>