diff --git a/libs/esl/perl/single_command.pl b/libs/esl/perl/single_command.pl
index 1b114f86d2..ab75888309 100644
--- a/libs/esl/perl/single_command.pl
+++ b/libs/esl/perl/single_command.pl
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ my $command = shift;
 my $args = join(" ", @ARGV);
 
 my $con = new ESL::ESLconnection("localhost", "8021", "ClueCon");
-my $e = $con->bgapi($command, $args);
+my $e = $con->api($command, $args);
 print $e->getBody();