diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 7514921..7901ddf 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ print("Now listening on port 6667")
 def pinger(nick, connection):
     while nick in property_list:
         global property_list
-        print(property_list[nick]["ping_pending"] = True)
+        print(property_list[nick]["ping_pending"] == True)
         if (time.time() - property_list[nick]["last_ping"]) > 60 and not property_list[nick]["ping_pending"]:
             print("Sent ping message to " + nick)
             connection.sendall(bytes(f"PING {server}\r\n","UTF-8"))