diff --git a/auth_mysql.py b/auth_mysql.py
index 22e26e5..d239c17 100755
--- a/auth_mysql.py
+++ b/auth_mysql.py
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ def ejabberd_in():
 	return income
 
 
-def ejabberd_out(bool):
-	logging.debug("Ejabberd gets: %s" % bool)
+def ejabberd_out(output):
+	logging.debug("Ejabberd gets: %s" % output)
 
-	token = genanswer(bool)
+	token = struct.pack('>hh', 2, int(bool(output)))
 
 	logging.debug("sent bytes: %#x %#x %#x %#x" % (ord(token[0]), ord(token[1]), ord(token[2]), ord(token[3])))
 
@@ -105,14 +105,6 @@ def ejabberd_out(bool):
 	sys.stdout.flush()
 
 
-def genanswer(bool):
-	answer = 0
-	if bool:
-		answer = 1
-	token = struct.pack('>hh', 2, answer)
-	return token
-
-
 def password_hash(password, old_password=None):
 	if old_password == None:
 		old_password = '$6$'+''.join(random.choice("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ./") for i in range(16))