diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index ae3c9d6..97aa31b 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def test_bad_requests(hub):
     with pytest.raises(HubError) as e:
         c.get("/issues", limit="abc")
     assert e.value.status == 400
-    req =urllib.request.Request(hub["base"] + "/batches", data=b"{not json", method="POST",
+    req = urllib.request.Request(hub["base"] + "/batches", data=b"{not json", method="POST",
                                  headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + c.token})
     with pytest.raises(urllib.error.HTTPError) as e2:
         urllib.request.urlopen(req)