diff --git a/management/univention-appcenter/python/appcenter/actions/__init__.py b/management/univention-appcenter/python/appcenter/actions/__init__.py
index f3c9974b44..34d50ebd50 100644
--- a/management/univention-appcenter/python/appcenter/actions/__init__.py
+++ b/management/univention-appcenter/python/appcenter/actions/__init__.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class StoreAppAction(Action):
                        if self.cache_class:
                                app = self.cache_class.find_by_string(val)
                        else:
-                               app = self.cache_class.split_app_string(val)
+                               app = Apps.split_app_string(val)
                        if app is None:
                                parser.error('Unable to find app %s. Maybe "%s update" to get the latest list of applications?' % (val, sys.argv[0]))
                        apps.append(app)