diff --git a/src/api.py b/src/api.py
index ce71c858..641ce16e 100644
--- a/src/api.py
+++ b/src/api.py
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ class BMRPCDispatcher(object):
             except IndexError:
                 pass
         queryreturn = sqlQuery(
-            "SELECT toaddress, fromaddress, subject, received, message,"
+            "SELECT msgid, toaddress, fromaddress, subject, received, message,"
             " encodingtype, read FROM inbox WHERE msgid=?", msgid
         )
         try: