diff --git a/jail2ban/auth.py b/jail2ban/auth.py
index 552c819..8b4b1b4 100644
--- a/jail2ban/auth.py
+++ b/jail2ban/auth.py
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-from flask import current_app, g
+from flask import current_app
 
 
 def get_users():
-    if 'users' not in g:
-        users = {}
-        authfile = current_app.config['AUTHFILE']
+    users = {}
+    authfile = current_app.config['AUTHFILE']
 
-        current_app.logger.debug('Reading %s for users', authfile)
+    current_app.logger.debug('Reading %s for users', authfile)
 
-        with current_app.open_resource(authfile) as f:
-            for entry in f:
-                users.update({
-                    tuple(entry.decode('ascii').strip().split(':', 1))})
-            g.users = users
-    current_app.logger.debug(g.users)
-    return g.users
+    with current_app.open_resource(authfile) as f:
+        for entry in f:
+            users.update({
+                tuple(entry.decode('ascii').strip().split(':', 1))})
+    current_app.logger.debug(users)
+    return users