diff --git a/bookwyrm/utils/log.py b/bookwyrm/utils/log.py
index 8ad86895c..4ea24d81d 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/utils/log.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/utils/log.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import logging
 
 class IgnoreVariableDoesNotExist(logging.Filter):
     def filter(self, record):
-        if(record.exc_info):
+        if record.exc_info:
             (errType, errValue, _) = record.exc_info
             while errValue:
-                if type(errValue).__name__ == 'VariableDoesNotExist':
+                if type(errValue).__name__ == "VariableDoesNotExist":
                     return False
                 errValue = errValue.__context__
             return True