diff --git a/src/sbbs3/bat_xfer.cpp b/src/sbbs3/bat_xfer.cpp
index 90ae7b0ed20d1c44325021ab90d87aa1f3df6359..f39af799fafb1aec42ac476b9dc6d995ae02b70e 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/bat_xfer.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/bat_xfer.cpp
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ BOOL sbbs_t::start_batch_download()
 		file_t f = {{}};
 		BOOL result = FALSE;
 		if(batch_file_get(&cfg, ini, filenames[0], &f)) {
-			result = sendfile(&f, /* prot: */' ', /* autohang: */true);
+			result = sendfile(&f, useron.prot, /* autohang: */true);
 			if(result == TRUE)
 				batch_file_remove(&cfg, useron.number, XFER_BATCH_DOWNLOAD, f.name);
 		}