diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
index 1ccfad5571a8438931fa7f06eed427b85e34a0b3..065e1812462d3949f8be86594189c312db823d0a 100755
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ class TableImporter():
                 #  These special cases should be fine.
                 if issub(col_dtype, np.integer) and issub(datatype, np.floating):
                     df[key] = df[key].astype(datatype)
-                elif datatype==str:
+                elif datatype == str:
                     df[key] = df[key].astype(datatype)
 
             # Now check each element