diff --git a/PyRIGS/decorators.py b/PyRIGS/decorators.py
index c6c3b424..448839c8 100644
--- a/PyRIGS/decorators.py
+++ b/PyRIGS/decorators.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def user_passes_test_with_403(test_func, login_url=None, oembed_view=None):
         def _checklogin(request, *args, **kwargs):
             if test_func(request.user):
                 return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
-            elif not request.user.is_authenticated():
+            elif not request.user.is_authenticated:
                 if oembed_view is not None:
                     context = {}
                     context['oembed_url'] = "{0}://{1}{2}".format(request.scheme, request.META['HTTP_HOST'], reverse(oembed_view, kwargs=kwargs))
diff --git a/RIGS/views.py b/RIGS/views.py
index a40eafb5..53a2a20d 100644
--- a/RIGS/views.py
+++ b/RIGS/views.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Index(generic.TemplateView):
 
 
 def login(request, **kwargs):
-    if request.user.is_authenticated():
+    if request.user.is_authenticated:
         next = request.GET.get('next', '/')
         return HttpResponseRedirect(next)
     else:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def login(request, **kwargs):
 # check for it before logging  the user in
 @csrf_exempt
 def login_embed(request, **kwargs):
-    if request.user.is_authenticated():
+    if request.user.is_authenticated:
         next = request.GET.get('next', '/')
         return HttpResponseRedirect(next)
     else: