diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index cf85dd165..485efa8e3 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ class Connect:
         if post:
             if conf.skipUrlEncode is None:
                 _ = (post or "").strip()
-                if _.startswith("<") and _.endswith(">"):
+                if _.startswith('<') and _.endswith('>'):
                     msg = "provided POST data looks "
                     msg += "like it's in XML format. "
                     msg += "Do you want to turn off URL encoding "