diff --git a/lib/Mnemosyne/Config.pm b/lib/Mnemosyne/Config.pm
index 74f00af..c5258fd 100644
--- a/lib/Mnemosyne/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/Mnemosyne/Config.pm
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ sub allowed_chat_ids {
     my ($self) = @_;
     my $raw = $self->get('bot', 'allowed_chat_ids') // '';
     my @ids = grep { /^\d+$/ } map { s/^\s+|\s+$//gr } split /,/, $raw;
-    return \@ids;
+    return @ids;
 }
 
 1;