diff --git a/pyfpdb/GuiBulkImport.py b/pyfpdb/GuiBulkImport.py
index 9c23e463..550e70f3 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/GuiBulkImport.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/GuiBulkImport.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import Exceptions
 
 import locale
 (lang, charset) = locale.getdefaultlocale()
-if lang = None or lang == "en":
+if lang == None or lang == "en":
     def _(string): return string
 else:
     import gettext