diff --git a/src/caosdb/common/models.py b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
index 48aaddc3eadf9834e471afefd61b523a36fb9620..72ac620cea8a7d0c6bca68610b92bf485050ed95 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/common/models.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
@@ -2530,14 +2530,13 @@ class Container(list):
                 sync_remote_entities = []
 
                 for remote_entity in remote_container:
-                    if remote_entity.name is not None \
-                       and (str(remote_entity.name) == str(local_entity.name) or
-                            (name_case_sensitive is False and
-                             str(remote_entity.name).lower() == str(
-                                 local_entity.name).lower()
-                            )
-                       ) \
-                       and remote_entity not in used_remote_entities:
+                    if (remote_entity.name is not None \
+                        and (str(remote_entity.name) == str(local_entity.name)
+                             or
+                             (name_case_sensitive is False and
+                              str(remote_entity.name).lower() == str(
+                                  local_entity.name).lower()))
+                        and remote_entity not in used_remote_entities):
                         sync_remote_entities.append(remote_entity)
                         used_remote_entities.append(remote_entity)