diff --git a/src/scripts/zeoup.py b/src/scripts/zeoup.py
index b0aea2ad1714aeed415cb4f9ebb8f35a7df2bc8b..e746adea1cc4e88c75d47004dd2bb49bc23f1953 100755
--- a/src/scripts/zeoup.py
+++ b/src/scripts/zeoup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def check_server(addr, storage, write):
         cn = db.open()
         root = cn.root()
         try:
-            root['zeoup'] = root.get('zeoup', 0)+ 1
+            root['zeoup'] = root.get('zeoup', 0) + 1
             get_transaction().commit()
         except ConflictError:
             pass