diff --git a/src/cxxcaosdbcli.cpp b/src/cxxcaosdbcli.cpp
index 1c936d9198b64e57ca3ad214769638740cc5d24d..8047050bc2480344db39cf5961228a221562542a 100644
--- a/src/cxxcaosdbcli.cpp
+++ b/src/cxxcaosdbcli.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include <memory>                      // for unique_ptr, allocator, __shared_ptr_...
 #include <string>                      // for operator<<, char_traits
 #include <vector>                      // for vector
-
 const auto logger_name = "libcaosdb";
 
 using boost::program_options::bool_switch;
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ auto main(int argc, const char *argv[]) -> int {
     store(parser.run(), vm);
     notify(vm);
 
-    if (vm.count("help")) {
+    if (vm.count("help") != 0U) {
       std::cout << desc << std::endl;
     } else if (vm["version"].as<bool>()) {
     } else if (vm.count("test-connection") != 0U) {