[xwiki-users] Reading Date Property

I am having trouble getting custom properties from a user profile. I have added a property of type String called "Code" {{velocity}} #set($fn= $userObj.getXWikiObject().get("first_name").value) $fn #set($c= $userObj.getXWikiObject().get("Code").value) $c {{/velocity}} When the code runs it displays -------------------- Jeff $c -------------------- If I go to the user profile the property Code has a value. I have checked the capitalization and it is correct. What is the correct way of doing this?