diff --git a/src/Controller/APIController.php b/src/Controller/APIController.php
index 15059510..4ada7063 100644
--- a/src/Controller/APIController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/APIController.php
@@ -3276,7 +3276,7 @@ class APIController extends Controller implements LoggedController
        if ($clean_plate)
        {
            // find the customer vehicle and get the vehicle
-           $cv = $em->getRepository(CustomerVehicle::class)->findOneBy(['plate_number' => $clean_plate]);
+           $cv = $em->getRepository(CustomerVehicle::class)->findOneBy(['plate_number' => $clean_plate, 'customer' => $customer]);
            if ($cv != null)
            {
                // confirm that customer vehicle found does belong to customer