diff --git a/pagure/lib/__init__.py b/pagure/lib/__init__.py
index 69c97e6..c7077da 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/__init__.py
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ def new_project(session, user, name, blacklist, allowed_prefix,
             )
 
     # Repo exists in the DB
-    repo = pagure.lib.get_project(session, name, namespace=namespace)
+    repo = pagure.get_authorized_project(session, name, namespace=namespace)
     if repo:
         raise pagure.exceptions.RepoExistsException(
             'The project repo "%s" already exists in the database' % (
diff --git a/tests/test_pagure_lib.py b/tests/test_pagure_lib.py
index 6a3ad39..7669e14 100644
--- a/tests/test_pagure_lib.py
+++ b/tests/test_pagure_lib.py
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ class PagureLibtests(tests.Modeltests):
         self.session.rollback()
 
         # Re-create it, ignoring the existing repos on disk
-        repo = pagure.lib.get_project(self.session, 'testproject')
+        repo = pagure.lib._get_project(self.session, 'testproject')
         self.session.delete(repo)
         self.session.commit()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pagure_lib_model.py b/tests/test_pagure_lib_model.py
index ffdc3e4..f3223e9 100644
--- a/tests/test_pagure_lib_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_pagure_lib_model.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class PagureLibModeltests(tests.Modeltests):
         for ns, reponame in [
                 (None, 'aaa'), (None, 'KKK'), ('somenamespace', 'zzz')]:
 
-            repo = pagure.lib.get_project(
+            repo = pagure.get_authorized_project(
                 self.session, reponame, namespace=ns)
             msg = pagure.lib.add_group_to_project(
                 self.session,