diff --git a/includes/retrieve_data.php b/includes/retrieve_data.php
index 179b128..ea91ec5 100644
--- a/includes/retrieve_data.php
+++ b/includes/retrieve_data.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function retrieve_data ($file, $public_only) {
     foreach($data as $category => $items){
       $filteredcat = array();
       foreach($items as $item => $value){
-        if($value[public]=true){
+        if($value['public']=true){
           $filteredcat[$item] = $value;
         }
       }