diff --git a/backend/app/coordinator/routes/students.py b/backend/app/coordinator/routes/students.py
index ed0154c..0ea47c5 100644
--- a/backend/app/coordinator/routes/students.py
+++ b/backend/app/coordinator/routes/students.py
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ def upload_students(file: dict) -> dict:
 @bp.route("/download/", methods=["POST"])
 @bp.input(StudentListFileDownloaderSchema, location='query')
 def download_students(query: dict) -> Response:
-    mode = query.get('mode') or True
-    students = db.session.query(Student).join(Group).\
+    mode = query.get('mode')
+    mode = mode if mode is not None else True
+    students = db.session.query(Student).join(Group). \
         join(ProjectSupervisor).filter(Student.mode == mode).all()
 
     if len(students) == 0:
@@ -137,5 +138,4 @@ def download_students(query: dict) -> Response:
     csv_file = generate_csv(students)
     response = Response(csv_file, mimetype='text/csv')
     response.headers.set("Content-Disposition", "attachment", filename="students_list.csv")
-    print(get_debug_queries())
     return response