diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/DBSQL/DBAdaptor.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/DBSQL/DBAdaptor.pm
index cc86462b95e59576729c6dbb2d64fe463793c894..dc7624299a16f5922262d5105f94bb0da9c61115 100755
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/DBSQL/DBAdaptor.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Hive/DBSQL/DBAdaptor.pm
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ sub get_available_adaptors{
 		"AnalysisCtrlRule" => "Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::DBSQL::AnalysisCtrlRuleAdaptor",
 		"DataflowRule"     => "Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::DBSQL::DataflowRuleAdaptor",
 		"SimpleRule"       => "Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::DBSQL::SimpleRuleAdaptor");
-  return (%pairs);
+  return (\%pairs);
 }
  
 1;