diff --git a/src/warden-server/bin/getClients.pl b/src/warden-server/bin/getClients.pl
index faf1e5e99cf1a56f48d54ffe0580727f684cbc7c..acdb0a91ea5ef3034375888b238b9f219180cb45 100755
--- a/src/warden-server/bin/getClients.pl
+++ b/src/warden-server/bin/getClients.pl
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ our $DBH = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=$WardenCommon::DB_NAME;host=$WardenC
            || die "Could not connect to database: $DBI::errstr";
 
 # obtain data from DB
-my $sth = $DBH->prepare("SELECT * FROM clients ORDER BY client_id ASC;") or die "Cannot prepare statement: " . $DBH->errstr;
+my $sth = $DBH->prepare("SELECT * FROM clients WHERE valid = 't' ORDER BY client_id ASC;") or die "Cannot prepare statement: " . $DBH->errstr;
 $sth->execute or die "Cannot execute statement: " . $sth->errstr;
 my $hash_ref = $sth->fetchall_hashref("client_id");