diff --git a/lib/mastodon/snowflake.rb b/lib/mastodon/snowflake.rb
index 0a596b2940..ec4f6140ca 100644
--- a/lib/mastodon/snowflake.rb
+++ b/lib/mastodon/snowflake.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ module Mastodon::Snowflake
     def id_at(timestamp, with_random: true)
       id  = timestamp.to_i * 1000
       id += rand(1000) if with_random
-      id  = id << 16
+      id <<= 16
       id += rand(2**16) if with_random
       id
     end